Learning Through Photography Symposium
Donna-Lee Phillips, photograph from Fragments from a Visual Journal, 1977. Black Dog Collection. © Hal Fischer
A symposium held in conjunction with the Museum's exhibition Photography as a Way of Life: Minor White, Aaron Siskind, and Harry Callahan, on view from April 19 through September 7, 2026
April 30
Keynote Address, 5:30 p.m.
Sarah Lewis
Founder of Vision & Justice and the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University
Registration required; check back soon for more information.
May 1
Panel Discussions
Three panels will bring together scholars and practitioners to consider central themes of the exhibition, including photographic philosophies, artistry, and techniques.
Artist Roundtable
In celebration of the Emmet Gowin archive joining the Princeton University Art Museum’s collections, the symposium will close with a roundtable featuring artists who studied with Gowin.
The Learning Through Photography Symposium is organized by Monica Bravo, assistant professor, Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University; Katherine Bussard, Peter C. Bunnell Curator of Photography, Princeton University Art Museum; and Brendan Fay, exhibition curator and associate professor of art history, School of Art & Design, Eastern Michigan University.
