This month The Museum of Modern Art will be opening what is likely to be one of the most talked about exhibitions of the year, a large Cindy Sherman retrospective. Bringing together more than 170 photographs, this retrospective survey traces the artist’s career from the mid 1970s to the present. Highlighted in the exhibition are […]

Visitors to Light Work’s website can now explore thousands of photographic works and objects from our permanent Collection in a new online database that expands access to work by former Light Work artists, students, researchers, and online visitors. Optimized for speed, image quality, and overall user experience, this new website will enable visitors to learn […]

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Light Work and Urban Video Project congratulate 1985 Light Work Artist-in-Residence Dawoud Bey and 2010 Urban Video Project (UVP) artist Trevor Paglen on winning the prestigious MacArthur Foundation 2017 “Genius” Grant! “Light Work Executive Director Jeff Hoone was thrilled to see former Urban Video Project and Light Work artists among the list of this year’s […]

Light Work would like to wish a hearty congratulations to our Light Work family members Susan Lipper, Arno Rafael Minkkinen & Stuart Rome on being named 2015 Guggenheim Fellows. The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation’s annual Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded to men and women who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability […]

Contact Sheet 173: 40 Artists / 40 Years
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Light Work (October 1, 2013)
ISBN: 935445-85-4

August 19 – October 25, 2013
Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery
Reception: Thursday, September 26, 5-7pm

Light Work Artists-in-Residence 1976–2018 organized by last name. A Adál Dena Al-Adeeb Laura Aguilar Ajamu Vikky Alexander Khalik Allah Jules Allen Sama Alshaibi Patti Ambrogi Barry Anderson Keliy Anderson-Staley Don Gregorio Antón Morgan Ashcom Atong Atem Shimon Attie George Awde B Beth B Jo Babcock Pat Bacon Justyna Badach Eric Baden Karl Baden John Banasiak […]

Light Work was founded as an artist-run, non-profit organization in 1973. Its mission is to provide direct support through residencies, publications, exhibitions, a community-access digital lab facility, and other related projects to emerging and under-represented artists working in the media of photography and digital imaging. Light Work’s founding directors were Phil Block and Tom Bryan. The […]