In Conversation: Photography and Political Imaginaries
When:
Wednesday, Apr 01, 2026 6:00p -
7:30p
Wednesday, Apr 01, 2026 6:00p -
7:30p
Where:
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Accessible Spots, Art, History, Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
https://bit.ly/4bzbC6V
How to join: Register here.
Fee: This is a free event.
Parking: Limited free parking available at Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street.
Where to go: Enter on Broadway side of the building and head to Menschel Hall.
Accessibility accommodations: Email [email protected] at least 48 hours in advance, including the name and date of the program in the subject line.
General info: The museum visit page has general guidelines for your visit.
Photography has played a central role in social movements, igniting desire for change and inspiring action. At the same time, it has been commandeered to consolidate power, stifle dissent, and foreclose a sense that other worlds are possible. In this lecture, Leigh Raiford and Teju Cole will consider photography’s limits and possibilities in moments of political urgency and crisis.
Speakers:
Leigh Raiford, Professor, Department of African American Studies, and Co-Director and Co-PI, The Black Studies Collaboratory, University of California, Berkeley
Teju Cole, Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing, Harvard University
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