Light Work announces with great pleasure our triennial exhibition in partnership with the Art Photography MFA program from the Film and Media Arts Department in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. In this survey of candidates, we see a wide range of approaches that complement and vary from each other: ideas of documentary and fictionalized documentary, the landscape, the personal archive combined with found imagery, female gender, power dynamics, a reworking of personal histories, cultural histories, and mass media. Altogether, this selection presents both a curious and confident showcase in experimental and traditional picture-making processes that highlights the ever-expanding field of photography through distinct perception and follow-through.

The goal of the Art Photography MFA program is to help artists develop their unique voice. Through intensive study that includes individual and group critique along with courses in history, theory, and criticism, candidates benefit from an intense and passionate learning environment that emphasizes contemporary art and practice.

The exhibition includes work by: Reyad Abedin, Lucas Cobb, Jared Dominique, Taylor Gearhart, Suihang Huang, Christian Jones, Jacobb Nichol, Tony Rayo, Lia Teeuwissen, and Jiayue Yu.