10×10 Research Grants: Cycle 4 (2025-2026) Online Presentation

In June 2025, 10×10 Photobooks awarded its 4th cycle of Research Grants on Photobook History. The research conducted by the Cycle 4 grantees seeks to fill gaps and provide missing information in the history of the photobook, with a specific focus on research related to topics associated with10×10 Photobooks’ Flashpoint! project on protest and social conflict. We are very excited to share the results of that research in a virtual event.

The Cycle 4 grantees and their subjects are:

• Eliana Del Rosario The Amber Mirror: the Visual Archive of Afro-Caribbean Resistance Photobooks of the Afro-Caribbean Diaspora and its Role in Social Protest (1950- Present)
• Megan N. Liberty Women’s Radical Self-Publishing of the Bodies, Xerox in the 1960s to 1980s: Barbara T. Smith and Joan Lyons
• Aliwen Women Come Alive: Michiko Matsumoto’s Photobooks and the Ephemera of Women’s Lib in Japan
• Steeevez S Documenting Resistance: Analyzing the Visual Archives of Dalit Murasu in Chronicling Tamil Dalit Struggles

The 4 grantees from that cycle will be presenting their results via Google Meet on
Thursday, 10 September (New York / EST Time):

New York: 9 pm EST, Thursday, 10 September
Mexico City: 7 pm, Thursday, 10 September
Los Angeles: 6 pm PST, Thursday, 10 September
India: 6:30 am, Friday, 11 September
Japan: 12 pm (noon), Friday, 11 SeptemberThe program will last approximately 90 minutes, during which the 4 recipients will present the outcomes of their work for about 15-20 minutes each.

We recognize the challenges with time zones, and this event will be recorded and will be posted on the 10×10 YouTube site.

If you wish to join the event live, please register using the link below.