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FotoFocus Biennial

A small yellow flower held between two hands, one hand gently passing it to the other, set against a blurred natural background.

When Seeing Isn’t Believing: Why Photography Needs Community More Than Ever

FotoFocus's executive director Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth reflects on the growing importance of in-person, community-centered engagement with photography at a moment when generative A.I. and digital mediation increasingly threaten the medium's power to document reality and stimulate public discourse.
By Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth
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The Largest Photo Biennial in the U.S. Returns and Will Soon Have a Permanent Home

This year's FotoFocus Biennial will present over a hundred projects at eighty-six participating venues, all organized under the vision of artistic director Kevin Moore.
By Elisa Carollo

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