A hands-on touring reading room exhibition sharing a selection of the protest and resistance books, posters, zines and indie journals showcased in Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print, 1950-Present publication launched in May 2025 and will travel through 2027. Presented thematically, the reading room also includes a selection of posters and community zines specific to each venue.
Flashpoint! Reading Room Exhibition Schedule:
Contact Photography Festival
Contact Gallery
Toronto
1 May-21 June 2025
Press about the Flashpoint! Reading Room at Contact:
- Hyperallergic
- The Eye of Photography by Benjamin Rullier
- POV by Peter Watson (Print only / PDF)
- Musée Magazine (Contact review) by Greer Valaquenta
CPW
Kingston, New York
24 May-31 August 2025
Press about the Flashpoint! Reading Room at CPW:
- Chronogram Magazine by Margo Issacs
- Musée Magazine (CPW review)
- Blind Magazine (CPW review / PDF) by Itzel Robles Sandoval
- The Eye of Photography (CPW review)
- SayArt (CPW review)
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Hirsch Library
Houston
8 October 2025 – 10 January 2026
- Danny Lyon: Conversation with a Photobook Maker, Thursday, October 9 from 6:30 – 7:30 pm
- Glasstire (Top 5 Art Events for the Week of 23 October 2025)
- Fall of Freedom, 21 & 22 November 2025
- Exhibition Talk with Jon Evans, MFAH Head Librarian, 22 January 2026
Printed Matter
New York City
12 March – 31 May 2026
- Protest and Resistance Posters (Panel at Printed Matter), Thursday, 2 April, 6 pm
- History Repeats Itself: Curating Protest (Panel at the New York Public Library), Wednesday, 13 May, 6pm
Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print, a reading room exhibition focusing on protest photography in print, presents a global selection of photobooks, zines, posters, pamphlets, independent journals, and alternative newspapers addressing protest and resistance from the 1950s to the present. Since its inception, photography has captured defining historical moments, serving as either a tool or a document of protest—or both. In placing photobooks next to posters, DIY zines, and independent journals, Flashpoint! explores the diverse roles and varying aesthetics that photography in print undertakes in its support of protest and resistance. Based on an anthology of the same title published by 10×10 Photobooks in 2024, the Flashpoint! Reading Room shares diverse voices to encourage a constructive and respectful discourse.
Please check back for future 2026-2027 tour venues.
