In Conversation: Photography and Political Imaginaries

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., Apr. 1, 2026, 6 – 7:30 p.m.



Photography has played a central role in social movements, igniting desire for change and inspiring action. At the same time, it has been commandeered to consolidate power, stifle dissent, and foreclose a sense that other worlds are possible. In this lecture, Leigh Raiford and Teju Cole will consider photography’s limits and possibilities in moments of political urgency and crisis.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Speaker(s): Leigh Raiford, Professor, Department of African American Studies, and Co-Director and Co-PI, The Black Studies Collaboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Teju Cole, Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing, Harvard University
Cost: Free admission
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Harvard Key Required: No
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