May 27, 2021
7 PM EST
Larry will discuss his recent work which examines carceral aesthetics and their relationship to the photographic archive often re-imagining them through the process of collage, digital manipulation, and staged photography.
Larry Cook (b.1986, Silver Spring, MD) is a conceptual artist working across photography, video, and installation. Based in Washington, DC, Cook received his MFA from George Washington University (2013) and his BA in Photography from SUNY Plattsburgh (2010). Cook has exhibited his work nationally at MoMA PS1 (2020), UTA Artist Space (2020), the National Portrait Gallery (2019), and internationally at Weiss Berlin in Germany (2020). Cook is a 2021 artists-in-residence at Light Work, Syracuse, NY. Cook is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography at Howard University.
Support for Thursday Night Photo Talks is provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Artist fees for the Thursday Night Photo Talks have been underwritten by The Lillian F. and Jerome L. Sindler Fund for Visual Media.
