Luis Martín Lecture Series in the Humanities

Name: Luis Martín Lecture Series in the Humanities
Start: 2025-10-03T10:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-03T11:30:00-05:00
Location: 5900 Bishop Blvd, Dallas, TX, United States, Texas 75205

Schedule

Fri Oct 03 2025 at 10:30 am to 11:30 am

UTC-05:00

Location

5900 Bishop Blvd, Dallas, TX, United States, Texas 75205 | Dallas, TX

In conjunction with the exhibitions featuring the work of Laura Wilson and Manuel Álvarez Bravo, this series of four lectures (September 26, October 3, 10 & 17) will investigate the history and practice of photography in the United States and Mexico. Central themes will include the potential of photography to create mythologies of place and identity as well as its capacity to reveal truths.
$60 for the 4-lecture series; free for SMU faculty/staff/students and members at the Individual level and above
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
“The Myths of the American West in Photographs”
Randall Griffin, University Distinguished Professor in Art History, SMU
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
“The De-mythification of the American West in Photographs”
Randall Griffin, University Distinguished Professor in Art History, SMU
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10
“En foco: Mexican and Mexican-American Photographs”
María Beatriz H. Carrión, Assistant Professor of Art History, Pennsylvania State University
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
“Becoming Panoramic: A Presentation by the Artist Frederico Câmara”
Frederico Câmara, Assistant Professor of Photography, SMU