Photo: Four Freedoms reinterpreted by alumni Emily Shur & Hank Willis Thomas for For Freedoms, 2018
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DPI Alumni Spotlight: Hank Willis Thomas Is on the 2026 TIME100 Art List
Monday, Sep 21, 2026
With art in prominent public spaces like the Boston Common and downtown Brooklyn, Thomas embodies what civic engagement can look like for an artist looking to express the complexity of American society.
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DPI Alumni Spotlight: Hank Willis Thomas at Ford Foundation Live Gallery
Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026
Trained as a photographer, Hank Willis Thomas has long been fascinated with the framing and context of images. Across his practice, Thomas regularly appropriates archival images – reinterpreting or recontextualizing them using new or rarely used technical processes.
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Welcoming Professor Andrea Geyer to the Photography & Imaging Department
Monday, Sep 14, 2026
Please welcome the newest addition to our esteemed DPI faculty, Andrea Geyer.
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DPI Faculty Spotlight: Between the Bylines: Lorie Novak
Friday, Sep 11, 2026
Former DPI Chair, Lorie Novak will be showing a new video in Between the Byines curated by Susan Bright at Boston University Gallery September 2 - December 10 with a reception on October 20.
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DPI Faculty Spotlight: Former Adjunct Professor Frank WANG Yefeng’s Avatopology 2.0: 9% Grin, 33% Groove
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2026
Former Adjunct Professor Frank WANG Yefeng’s Avatopology 2.0: 9% Grin, 33% Groove continues his long-term investigation into digital characters, mobility, and “in-between” subjectivities, examining how digital nomadic labor circulates, transforms, and becomes obscured through decentralized networks of image production.
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DPI Alumni Spotlight: Nat Segebre for the New York Times
Monday, Sep 7, 2026
Mx. Segebre is a photographer based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who is documenting unseen parts of America.
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DPI Alumni Spotlight: Rian Dundon's Opening & Zine Launch
Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026
For these works, Dundon finds his subjects in a subculture of photographers who film and photograph political protests in order to publish the results online.
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DPI Alumni Spotlight: Hank Willis Thomas: LOVERULES — From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026
Hank Willis Thomas: LOVERULES — From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation brings together nearly 90 works.
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DPI Faculty Spotlight: Former DPI Visiting Professor Gesche Würfel, awarded a Puffin Foundation grant
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2026
The Sinking City, which was just awarded a grant from the Puffin Foundation and also received an NYSCA FY 2026 Support for Artists Award late last year.
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DPI Staff Spotlight: Jasmine Scriven featured in NYU Wagner exhibition
Thursday, Aug 13, 2026
You are cordially invited to the opening reception for "Place & Purpose: Urban Life," the inaugural Gallery Space at Wagner exhibition at our new home at 105 E. 17th Street.
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