Vantage Points

Allen Frame discusses his newly published photobook Whereupon (Palermo Publishing, 2024) with Phil Taylor, Associate Curator in the George Eastman Museum’s Department of Photography. Whereupon is a collection of color and black-and-white images from the late 70s to the early 90s that expands the premise of Fever — Allen’s 2021 book of color photographs taken…  more

Making street portraits of strangers can be one of the most intimidating yet rewarding types of photography you will ever try. In this presentation photographers Olga Ginzburg and Scott Rossi share their stories about how they started making street portraits of strangers, how they quickly build connections with strangers to…  more

Of the many children’s books published every year, only a small number are illustrated with photographs — and for a long time, those photographic picture books didn’t receive much attention. But this is changing: interest in photobooks for children has recently grown significantly among publishers, creators, and audiences. In this talk you’ll get…  more

Sweat, sand, and swagger are just a few ingredients that make New York City beaches magical to beachgoers and photographers alike. In this free online talk, James Prochnik guides us through iconic, influential, and interesting photographs and bodies of work that have been made on New York City’s unique and diverse…  more

North of Boston, commuter trains roll through suburban neighborhoods, fly past backyards, and sometimes race by homes so close it looks like people hanging out on their back porch could reach out and touch them. Photographer and educator David Oxton wondered what everday life in such close proximity to these…  more

Fever, Allen Frame’s new book of 50 color photographs made in 1981 in New York City, was released by Matte Editions in May this year. Frame moved to New York in 1977 and began to photograph friends from his college days and others he was meeting. By 1981, he had a circle…  more