Talk

MPS Digital Photography presents a talk with award winning filmmaker Mary Engel. Engel is founder and president of the American Photography Archives Group, APAG, and the director of the Orkin/Engel Film and Photo Archive. She has been the director of the Ruth Orkin Photo Archive since its inception in 1985. Engel’s first film Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1996 and went on to screen at many other festivals. Her film Morris Engel: The Independent premiered on Turner Classic Movies in 2009. She has lectured at Harvard University, New York University, Brooklyn Historical Society, St. Louis Art Museum, Central Park Conservancy and at many theaters to present her documentary and Little Fugitive. Engel is the 2017 recipient of the Griffin Museum of Photography Focus Spotlight Award. She also completed the 2017 Seminar on Strategy for Artist-Endowed Foundation Leaders presented by the Aspen Institute Artist-Endowed Foundations Initiative (AEFI).

The i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration lecture series has returned to in-person events. The series continues to feature leading photographers, artists, editors, gallerists and industry experts. We are pleased to announce that our Fall 2023 i3 lecture series will feature curator, editor and vice-president of the American Photography Archives Group Julie Grahame as curator and host.

Registration is required; the event location will be given to all registrants. Masks are encouraged but not required.