PhotoAlliance Lecture Series: Michael Jang and Dean Snodgrass

We are delighted to welcome you back to for our Spring Lecture Series, where we’ll explore the art of observation and the beauty of everyday life. Begin 2025 with the inaugural event in our series, featuring the distinguished photographers .

Join us for an inspiring evening as Michael Jang and Dean Snodgrass share their unique approaches to capturing the ordinary and extraordinary moments of daily life. Through their distinct artistic lenses, they reveal how the familiar can be transformed into profound and entertaining visual narratives.

Michael Jang, a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, is celebrated for his insightful and often humorous depictions of subcultures and family life, showcasing a rich body of work that continues to evolve. Dean Snodgrass, an Oakland-based photographer and cinematographer, brings a fresh perspective with his sharp observations of modern life’s constructed and chaotic elements, as highlighted in his recent book, A Big Pickle.

Together, their work challenges perceptions of everyday spaces, uncovering humor, tension, and beauty in the mundane. This program offers a compelling dialogue on the intersections of personal storytelling, cultural critique, and the transformative power of photography.

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* Students are always welcome to attend PhotoAlliance lectures for free, please tell our check-in volunteer you are a student and show your school ID. There is no need for students to pre-register for a ticket in advance.

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Photo credit:

Top: Michael Jang, Aunts and Uncles, from the series The Jangs, 1973

Bottom: Dean Snodgrass, from series A Big Pickle

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