Penny Wolin Lecture: Descendants of Light

Photographer Penny Wolin will present her new book, Descendants of Light: American Photographers of Jewish Ancestry, in a lecture and book signing at The Image Flow. Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 7PM. Free. Award-winning photographer and author Penny Wolin traveled across the country for more than six years for her most recent book Descendants of […]

Brian Taylor & Ted Orland Lecture: The Quirky Corners of California

Hitch a ride along the road less traveled and discover the quirky corners of California and the West during this rousing photography lecture with Brian Taylor and Ted Orland. Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 7PM Free Renowned artists Brian Taylor and Ted Orland have spent much of their photographic careers exploring the natural and social landscapes […]

Catherine Karnow Lecture: The National Geographic Travel Story

Improve your travel photography with National Geographic photographer Catherine Karnow! Free lecture July 9, 2015, at 7PM In this free lecture, learn how Catherine puts together a set of images that tell the story of a place while she regales you with the surprising and often crazy stories behind the photos, and get the inside […]

A Cuban Will Give You the Shirt Off His Back

Working out of Ramses Fiat Lunch Box All the photo gear on the roof
Jock McDonald went to Cuba for the first time in 1990 with Bernardo Gonzalez, the son of Mexican Minister of Culture Juan Francisco Gonzalez. The elder Gonzalez had had become somewhat of a mentor to Jock on Latin American culture after giving him his first retrospective show in Mexico. “Juan Francisco said to me, ‘You’ll never understand Latin America if you don’t understand Cuba,’” Jock recalls.
“But he said, ‘I’m not going, I’m married. I’m going to have my son take you.’ I will never forget the look in his son’s eyes, the look that said, ‘I’m not taking a gringo to Cuba!’” Jock laughs.
Since 1990, photographer he has made some 50 trips to Cuba. What keeps him coming back, are the friendships he has found.

Jock McDonald Lecture: Cuba – Stories From Behind the Tourist Curtain

Saturday, February 21, 2015, at 7PM Free Photographer Jock McDonald has visited Cuba some 50 times in the past 25 years. In his new lecture, he will take you on a visual journey behind the tourist curtain of Cuba. Cuba and the U.S. are shaping a rational relationship with each other and real action has […]

A History of 20th Century Photography: Lecture Series with Jeffrey Martz

Winter 2015 Thursdays, from 7–8PM Free You are invited to join photographer and art historian Jeffrey Martz for a tour through the history of 20th century photography. Using the best possible reproductions, we will see the technologies, practitioners, and key works that made photography central to our story of the world. The series is intended […]

Catherine Karnow: The Magic Always Happens

Catherine Karnow Art of Photographing People
Acclaimed National Geographic photographer Catherine Karnow will present her lecture “The Art of Photographing People” on February 5 at The Image Flow, and a workshop in March. Known for her photographs of people, here, she discusses her teaching style, her existential search for “home,” and what drives her to keep on shooting.
“No matter whether I’m shooting on location or in a workshop, I have the faith that the magic will always happen,” she says.

Rudi Dundas Lecture: The Face of Water

Thursday, February 26, 2015, from 7–8PM Free Rudi Dundas’s work is focused on social change and environmental issues. She has traveled on horseback into the Tien Shan Mountains in Central Asia to photograph wild tulips for Michael Pollan’s film, Botany of Desire, as well as to Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Indonesia to cover sustainable farming for […]

Catherine Karnow Lecture: The Art of Photographing People

Thursday, February 5, 2014, from 7–8PM Free National Geographic photographer Catherine Karnow will present her lecture, “The Art of Photographing People.” (Read more about Catherine on our blog.) Catherine is known for her vibrant, emotional, and sensitive style of photographing people. Throughout her 30-year career, she has photographed an impressive range of subjects, from internationally known […]

Matt Black: Documenting the Social Implications of Modern Farming

Matt Black Former cotton migrant at home Teviston, CA
From southern Mexico to rural California, Matt Black documents the social issues of modern farming and the effects of one of the most severe droughts in recorded history.
Matt Black began photographing the small towns and expansive farmlands of California’s Central Valley for nearly 20 years. A native of that vast agricultural area that runs nearly the entire length of the state, Matt says he began to notice a shift in the people working the fields around his home town.