When the Land Speaks is a presentation that explores the power of landscape photography to reveal the layered narratives embedded in place and how the land when photographed with attentiveness, intention and care can yield dialogue related to history, culture and politics, past, present and future. Using two bodies of work, one project created in Detroit, MI and the other done in the Southern U.S. with the support of a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship, this presentation examines how photography can make visible the often unseen forces that shape our environments and how the land itself becomes a voice in the conversation about memory, transformation and reconciliation.
This free and public lecture is presented by the College for Creative Studies Woodward Lecture Series as well as the Society for Photographic Education's Midwest Conference. If you are a conference attendee, you do not have to RSVP for this event.
Please join us for the opening reception of Diaz's new solo exhibition of the same name at CCS Center Galleries directly after the lecture. The reception will run from 7-9pm.
Free parking is available to guests of both events on October 11, at the CCS Brush Street lot. The entrance is located on Brush St just north of Frederick St.
