Talk

MPS Digital Photography presents American artist, photographer and filmmaker Joni Sternbach. Over the course of her career, Sternbach’s work has explored a variety of themes, including domesticity, the family, sexuality and the body. Issues of gender, identity and feminism are the most critical themes in her work from the 1980s–1990s, where the female figure is the central voice.

Sternbach has experimented with a variety of photographic media and is best known for her series Surfland, a collection of wet plate collodion tintype portraits of surfers made around the globe. She uses both large format film and early photographic processes to explore the present-day landscape and create environmental portraits.

The i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration lecture series has returned to in-person events. The series continues to feature leading photographers, artists, editors, gallerists and industry experts. This spring, book designer, curator and faculty member Elizabeth Avedon is the guest curator and host.

Registration is required; the event location will be given to all registrants. All attendees must observe SVA COVID-19 protocols while on campus, remaining masked while indoors and presenting proof of vaccination (plus booster, if applicable) upon request.