Contemporary photographer Alejandro Cartagena (Mexican, b. Dominican Republic, b. 1977) will discuss his photographic projects that employ landscape and portraiture as a means to examine social, urban, and environmental issues. A triptych from his series Carpoolers is on view in our current A History of Photography installation, which focuses on photographs made in Mexico. Exhibitions open until 8 p.m.
Over a professional life spanning seven decades, Edward Steichen (1879–1973) established himself as one of the most important figures in the history of photography. What is less known is that for much of that time, Steichen devoted himself to the nurturing of plants and gardens, an activity that sustained him and through which he developed ardently held beliefs regarding the relationship of art, nature, and creativity.