[12 March – 31 May 2026: Opening reception 12 March from 6 -8 pm.] Printed Matter presents Flashpoint!, a traveling reading room exhibition organized by 10×10 Photobooks dedicated to protest photography in print. The presentation brings together a selection of photobooks, zines, posters, pamphlets, independent journals, and alternative newspapers from the 1950s to the present. Across these formats, photography emerges as both a tool of protest and a cultural artifact of resistance, capturing political struggles as they unfold and as they are later remembered.
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Danny Lyon: Conversation with a Photobook Maker
[9 October 2025 from 6:30-7:30 pm] The Museum’s Hirsch Library brings together Danny Lyon and Russet Lederman to explore the impact that Lyon’s work has made on both our culture at large and the development of photobooks as a genre.
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Tuesday, 21 January at Printed Matter in NYC: A conversation between Olga Yatskevich, Russet Lederman and Lesley A. Martin on occasion of the release of Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print, 1950-Present, a new anthology from 10×10 Photobooks.
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