Photo: Four Freedoms reinterpreted by alumni Emily Shur & Hank Willis Thomas for For Freedoms, 2018
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DPI Spotlight: Dr. Deborah Willis Featured by the Guardian
Wednesday, Sep 24, 2025
The artist and curator of photography discusses her relationship to the work of Black pioneers in photography and the influence of her 2000 book.
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DPI Spotlight: The Laundromat Project at 20: Echoes of the Seed Moderated by Dr. Deborah Willis
Tuesday, Sep 16, 2025
The Laundromat Project & The Schomburg Center present a conversation about the power of art to transform communities.
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DPI Presents Reflections in Black: A Reframing Book Launch
Monday, Sep 8, 2025
Join the Department of Photography and Imaging as we celebrate the release of Reflections in Black: A Reframing, the 25th anniversary edition of Dr. Deborah Willis’ internationally acclaimed publication Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present.
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DPI Chair, Dr. Deborah Willis featured in Vogue for her new book Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers: 1840 to the Present
Thursday, Sep 4, 2025
Read the Vogue article "Deborah Willis Celebrates 25 Years of Reflections in Black" by Folasade Ologundudu in the Arts section of Vogue.
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DPI Faculty Spotlight: Brooklyn Museum acquires Sean Fader's 'Insufficient Memory'
Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025
We are thrilled and honored to announce that Sean Fader's Insufficient Memory has been acquired by the Brooklyn Museum. The work was recently exhibited in The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, after he was invited to participate by Mickalene Thomas.
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DPI Alum Danny Arensberg Featured in The Cut - New York Magazine
Tuesday, Jun 17, 2025
DPI Alum, Danny Arensburg, photographs the No Kings protest for The Cut - New York Magazine.
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DPI Chair, Deborah Willis, Featured in GENERAL CONDITIONS Exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery
Monday, May 19, 2025
The exhibition offers a sustained reflection on the social and political climate of our time by considering how we respond—individually and collectively—when many of the most basic components of public life can no longer be taken for granted.
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DPI Chair, Deborah Willis, featured in "Gathering: A Photographer's Collection" Exhibition at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Monday, May 19, 2025
Gathering: A Photographer’s Collection presents a wide-ranging selection of photographs from the personal collection of Portland, Oregon-based photographer and curator, Christopher Rauschenberg.
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DPI Spotlight: Rhea L. Combs in Conversation with Tyler Mitchell for Brooklyn Rail
Thursday, May 8, 2025
In 2024 Tyler Mitchell traveled to coastal Georgia to create a new body of work. He scouted a number of locations, but when he returned to make photographs he gave his subjects minimal direction.
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DPI Professor Wafaa Bilal's Indulge Me Reviewed by Art in America
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Art in America's Emily Watlington reivews Wafaa Bilal's show "Titled “Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me.” The MCA show is hands-down the best museum presentation of past performances I have ever seen."
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