Please join us at PROJECTIONS as we host Lauren Walsh and an esteemed panel of photographers. Growing from Walsh’s new book THROUGH THE LENS: THE PANDEMIC AND BLACK LIVES MATTERS, this panel unpacks some of the photojournalism industry’s most critical debates.
The historic 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and the devastating Covid-19 pandemic presented unique challenges for photojournalism, forcing photographers into a terrain defined by new ethical, technological, and safety concerns.
Panelists include Rodrigo Abd (AP), who covered Peru which had the highest per capita Covid morality rate in the world, and Joshua Lott (Washington Post), who has documented the explosive ramifications in the US since George Floyd’s murder. Their experiences provide insights on censorship, harassment, lack of diversity in the industry, emotional tolls of covering death and violence, and the power (or not) of a single image in the age of Instagram.
Walsh is the Director of the Gallatin Photojournalism Lab at NYU. THROUGH THE LENS is a powerful follow-up to her previous book CONVERSATIONS ON CONFLICT PHOTOGRAPHY.
We continue to present via Zoom:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6692503751 We start at 7:00pm sharp.