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i3 Photo Lecture: Steve Giovinco

MPS Digital Photography

Apr 21, 2026; 7:00 - 8:30pm

Horizontal photograph of red light at night.

i3 Photo Lecture: Robert Kalman

MPS Digital Photography

Apr 7, 2026; 7:00 - 8:30pm

First portrait: Older man in a straw hat with a four year old boy in his lap. Second portrait: The same boy, now a handsome 22 year old man, is standing behind his 90 year old great grandfather.

i3 Photo Lecture: Andrew Prokos

MPS Digital Photography

Mar 31, 2026; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A view of the “winged” contemporary architecture of the UAE Pavilion designed by architect Santiago Calatrava at Dubai Expo 2020 as seen at night. Two men are captured in subtle motion at the entrance.

i3 Photo Lecture: Stacy Arezou Mehrfar

MPS Digital Photography

Mar 24, 2026; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

A photograph of an individual covering their eyes as if the sun was shining into them.

i3 Photo Lecture: Stephanie Berger

MPS Digital Photography

Mar 10, 2026; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A group of dancers in beige dresses on a dirt floor standing on one leg with the other leg bent, holding their hand above their heads while looking up and to the left.

i3 Photo Lecture: Caleb Cain Marcus

MPS Digital Photography

Feb 10, 2026; 7:00 - 8:30pm

An assortment of books by Carrie Mae Weems called Varying Shades of Brown

i3 Photo Lecture: Sarah Stacke

MPS Digital Photography

Jan 27, 2026; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

Two women speaking over a concrete wall.

i3 Photo Lecture: Rachelle Bussières

MPS Digital Photography

Jan 13, 2026; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

A large grid of soft, pastel-colored photographic prints is arranged on a white gallery wall. Each print features gentle gradients of pink, lavender, and light cream, creating a luminous, atmospheric effect. The grid forms a rectangular composition that glows subtly against the minimalist space

i3 Photo Lecture: Jessica Pettway

MPS Digital Photography

Dec 2, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A photograph of a lobster shaped red balloon sitting on top of a bed of kale leaves on a dinner plate. Surrounding the scene is a dinner table fully set up with cutlery, a dinner napkin folded into a fan, and a single rose in a tin vase.

i3 Photo Lecture: Nicky Quamina-Woo

MPS Digital Photography

Nov 18, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

In this color photograph, a man emerges from the ocean, which has taken on a vibrant orange-ish cast in rural Saly, Senegal.

i3 Photo Lecture: Stacy Renee Morrison

MPS Digital Photography

Nov 4, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A black and white photograph of a 19th century woman against a black background.

i3 Photo Lecture: Eric Pickersgill

MPS Digital Photography

Oct 21, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A black and white photograph of a man and a woman lying side by side in bed, facing away from each other. Each holds a hand in the air as if scrolling or holding a phone, though no devices are present. Their expressions are distant and disconnected. The photo is black and white and emotionally charged.

i3 Photo Lecture: Henry Leutwyler

MPS Digital Photography

Oct 7, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A black and white photo portrait of the singer Iggy Pop, who is looking straight into the camera with a smile. He has long hair and light skin, and is wearing a black cardigan over a gray t-shirt.

i3 Photo Lecture: Ali Rajabi

MPS Digital Photography

Sep 23, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A color photograph of a figure enveloped in a flowing black garment walks across a city street, directly in front of a large Victoria's Secret store. The storefront features large, illuminated advertisements of models in lingerie on either side of its main entrance.

i3 Photo Lecture: Louie Palu

MPS Digital Photography

Sep 9, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A color photograph of Two soldiers, wearing masks in an igloo made of snow blocks, at dusk while it snows, lit with flash.

i3 Photo Lecture: Lucien Samaha

MPS Digital Photography

Jun 24, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A installation photo of a mural consisting of Samaha's color photographs taken from the the 107th Floor of the World Trade Center, where he was a resident DJ for five years. The photographs depict crowds of people on a night out.

i3 Photo Lecture: Shravya Kag

MPS Digital Photography

Jun 10, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A collage of six black and white photos. Shravya is shown in all six photos, receiving facial threading from someone whose hands are in the frame. In the photos, Shravya wears a shirt with a floral pattern, keeps long hair, and has three piercings on her right ear.

i3 Photo Lecture: Samantha Isom

MPS Digital Photography

May 27, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A color photo of two male skiers on the top of a snow-covered mountain. They both have dark skins, are wearing ski outfits, and carrying ski equipment. They are both smiling into the camera.

i3 Photo Lecture: Tim Soter

MPS Digital Photography

May 13, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A color photograph of various cutouts of images that documented DFA Records, an indie record label. The majority of the cutouts are of people involved with the record label.

i3 Photo Lecture: Ashok Sinha

MPS Digital Photography

Apr 22, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A photograph of the exterior of the Chips Restaurant in Los Angeles, CA, which features a tall, dark green column that bears the name of the restaurant in white letters, and a single story dinning room.

i3 Photo Lecture: Jai Lennard

MPS Digital Photography

Apr 8, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

The 2020 CliveDavis 2020 Pre-Grammy Gala class photo by the Hollywood Reporter, featuring 16 musical talents.

i3 Photo Lecture: Diane Allford

MPS Digital Photography

Mar 25, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

A female fashion model, wearing black tuxedo dress, leather pants, and a feathered head piece, poses for the camera while squatting in front of a blue wall.

i3 Photo Lecture: Steve Giralt

MPS Digital Photography

Mar 11, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

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A behind-the-scene photo of a video set for a 7-Eleven ad campaign at The Garage, where Steve Giralt was the founder. At the center of the set is a cup from 7-Eleven, and above the set is a video camera.

i3 Photo Lecture: Jeffrey Henson Scales

MPS Digital Photography

Feb 25, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

A B&W photograph of three members of the Black Panther Party in Black leather jackets Black berets standing guard outside with a flagpole in the background.

i3 Photo Lecture: Dustin Pittman

MPS Digital Photography

Feb 11, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

A group of female fashion models posing for a group portrait, with fashion designer Calvin Klein at the center.

i3 Photo Lecture: William King

MPS Digital Photography

Jan 28, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

A man, wearing a brown fedora and a black coat, whose back is turned toward us, is looking across the Brooklyn Bridge at the Lower Manhattan skyline against the sunset. His right hand is raised as he is taking a photo of the skyline on his cell phone.

250th i3 Photo Lecture: Elinor Carucci

MPS Digital Photography

Jan 14, 2025; 7:00 - 8:30pm

Three people, from three different generations, lying on top each other, together on a red fabric couch.

i3 Photo Lecture: Kesha Lambert

MPS Digital Photography

Dec 3, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

A woman in a teal dress stands smiling on a rock jetty, surrounded by the water.

i3 Photo Lecture: Allen Furbeck

MPS Digital Photography

Nov 19, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

a 360 degree panoramic photo of a meadow in upstate New York taken near sunset. The perspective of the scene has been transformed so that the horizon appears as a circle to the right and very slightly below the center of the image.

i3 Photo Lecture: Daniel Handal

MPS Digital Photography

Nov 5, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

Photograph of a striped pink moth orchid inside a corrugated box

i3 Photo Lecture: Owen Davies

MPS Digital Photography

Oct 22, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

architectural color photo of a large square concrete building against a blue sky.

i3 Photo Lecture: Meryl Meisler

MPS Digital Photography

Oct 8, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

Artist’s mother in a beauty salon getting her hair teased while the beautician blows bubble gum.

i3 Photo Lecture: Ellen Wallenstein

MPS Digital Photography

Sep 24, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

The background shows part of a wall on which is painted a mural of a landscape of a bucolic body of water with pink lotuses floating on it. The background of the mural is green and yellow hills and a bluish sky. In front of the mural, dissecting right of center, is part of a copper pole, from which hangs part of a plastic tube with liquid dripping through it.

i3 Photo Lecture: Eric McNatt

MPS Digital Photography

Sep 10, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

Image of a cis queer gendered man in a red patterned suit with a yellow collar and a them/ they drag performer in a white dress and red fur stole standing in front of a distressed old stucco green wall.

i3 Photo Lecture: Kareem Black

MPS Digital Photography

Jun 25, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

A studio portrait of basketball player Steph Curry. He is holding a basketball and facing the right of the frame.

i3 Photo Lecture: Angela Cappetta

MPS Digital Photography

Jun 11, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

Father and daughter in their backyard shed, Lower East Side, NYC

i3 Photo Lecture: Esteban Toro

MPS Digital Photography

May 28, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

A young Mundari boy climbs up a tree at sunset in a cattle camp in northern South Sudan.

i3 Photo Lecture: Bill Armstrong

MPS Digital Photography

May 14, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

a yellow, blue and magenta portrait of a figure with a dark face.

i3 Photo Lecture: Leslie Smolan

MPS Digital Photography

Apr 23, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

Alt Text: A woman in an orange dress standing on the edge of the wing of a sea plane. She is surrounded by turquoise ocean water and her dress is blowing dramatically in the wind.

i3 Photo Lecture: Ted Morrison

MPS Digital Photography

Apr 9, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

Capsules and pills in a linear composition on a bright orange background.

i3 Photo Lecture: Eric Hart Jr.

MPS Digital Photography

Mar 26, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

Black and White portrait of man resting styled nails on neck.

i3 Photo Lecture: Rita Nannini

MPS Digital Photography

Mar 12, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

Photo of Far Rockaway Mott Avenue station, two people wearing kimonos.

i3 Photo Lecture: Destiny Mata

MPS Digital Photography

Feb 27, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

Portrait of a man behind a bodega counter. He is smiling and putting a soda into a paper bag.

CANCELLED

i3 Photo Lecture: Stefan Falke

MPS Digital Photography

Feb 13, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

Photographer Tom Kiefer near his studio in in Ajo, Arizona, in the desert with a huge cactus next to him. He is holding up one of his framed photos of a red hooded sweater on a blue background. The letters on the sweater say MICKEY.

i3 Photo Lecture: Phuong Vo

MPS Digital Photography

Jan 30, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

Self-portrait of a woman photographed through a half-empty pitcher, distorting the face.

i3 Photo Lecture: Leslie Jean-Bart

MPS Digital Photography

Jan 16, 2024; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

The mood is electric. Shimmering/Floating/Moving dancing red skirt in the process of dissolving above a pair of brown legs that look almost like stick figure that are also in the process of dissolving. It’s all against a light blue background of what seems to be a water of sky/foam/cloud.

i3 Photo Lecture: Howard Schatz

MPS Digital Photography

Dec 12, 2023; 7:00 - 8:30pm

Nude woman from the chest up, painted with silver paint, looking into a mirror, seeing her reflection.

i3 Photo Lecture: M. Sharkey

MPS Digital Photography

Nov 28, 2023; 7:00 - 8:30pm

136 West 21st Street, Room 418F

A studio portrait of a person in an elaborate headdress and red shirt.

i3 Photo Lecture: Amon Focus

MPS Digital Photography

Nov 7, 2023; 7:00 - 8:30pm

A photography graphic by Amon Focus of a selection of New York Said photography in the film aesthetic. Amon calls the piece “Mixed Messages”

i3 Photo Lecture: Harvey Stein

MPS Digital Photography

Oct 24, 2023; 7:00 - 8:30pm

Youth making bubbles in a Mexico City park, bubble in front of his face