Tanenbaum Lecture with Kristen Lubben
Schedule
Wed Feb 04 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
The Image Centre | Toronto, ON
About this Event
Limited seating, registration required. No entry to event after 7:15pm.
Event will be held in room IMA 307. Enter via The Image Centre, 33 Gould Street
Event Description
Join us for a special lecture by Kristen Lubben, Executive Director of the Magnum Foundation and author of Magnum Contact Sheets. Lubben will explore the role of photography, archives, and public memory, and discuss the work of the Magnum Foundation, a New York City–based organization that supports creativity and innovation in documentary photography.
The Tanenbaum Lecture Series is the most established and distinguished lecture series on photography and media arts in Canada. Launched in 1975 within Toronto Metropolitan University's (formerly Ryerson University) School of Image Arts with a talk by W. Eugene Smith, the series has invited hundreds of leading photographers, video artists, filmmakers, curators and theorists to speak about their work to Toronto's rich audience for image arts. Among the speakers have been Berenice Abbott, Vince Aletti, Dawoud Bey, Stan Brakhage, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Alfredo Jaar, Sally Mann, Martha Rosler, Jamel Shabazz, Michael Snow, Thomas Struth, and John Szarkowski, among many others. This lecture series was made possible by a generous gift from Howard & Carole Tanenbaum.
Speaker Bio
Kristen Lubben is a curator, writer and editor whose work explores the intersections of photography, art and politics. Prior to joining the Magnum Foundation as its first Executive Director in 2016, she was Curator at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York. She has curated numerous exhibitions, including triennials of contemporary photography and video, monographic surveys of socially engaged artists, and installations drawn from her research in historical archives, including the ICP’s collections of the work of Robert Capa and Gerda Taro. She is the author of several publications, including Magnum Contact Sheets and Susan Meiselas: In History.
Image 1: Photo Courtesy of Kristen Lubben
Image 2: Ernst Haas, [On the film set of Land of the Pharaohs, Egypt], 1954, gelatin silver print mounted on fiberboard. © Ernst Haas / Magnum Photos
Where is it happening?
The Image Centre, 33 Gould Street, Toronto, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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