21 January 2025: Printed Matter hosted a conversation between Olga Yatskevich, Russet Lederman and Lesley Martin on occasion of the release of Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print, 1950-Present, a new anthology from 10×10 Photobooks. .
Flashpoint! dives deep into protest photography in print through a global selection of photobooks, zines, posters, pamphlets, independent journals and alternative newspapers. Edited by Russet Lederman and Olga Yatskevich, the talk explored the diverse roles and varying aesthetics that photography in print undertakes in its support of resistance.
The past seventy-five years have been a time of extreme social and cultural transformations worldwide. Political and social upheaval, often contentious, disorienting and polarizing, is now a daily reality. We live in a world rife with ideological and tribal conflicts. Since its inception, photography has captured defining historical moments, serving as either a tool or a document of protest—or both.
Also on view at Printed Matter: 2024 Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards. Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print, 1950-Present is among the five shortlisted titles for the Catalogue of the Year Award in this exhibition.
Video recording of Printed Matter conversation forthcoming on 10×10 Photobooks’ YouTube channel.
A big thank you to Lesley Martin, Craig Mathis, Lizzie Smith and Kristen Mueller at Printed Matter for hosting and facilitating this talk. Thank you to Jeff Gutterman for video recording.