New York School of Photography Dropout

Photographer Thomas Roma will speak about what it was like being a photographer when it was still something special.

BIO

Director of Visual Arts Undergraduate Studies. Professor of Photography. Columbia University

Twice the recipient of Guggenheim Fellowships, Thomas Roma's work has appeared in one-person and group exhibitions internationally, including one-person shows with accompanying books at the Museum of Modern Art and the International Center of Photography in New York. His books include: Found in Brooklyn, Come Sunday, Sunset Park, Higher Ground, Enduring Justice, Show & Tell, Sanctuary, Sicilian Passage, In Prison Air, On Three Pillars, and House Calls with William Carlos Williams (with Dr. Robert Coles). He taught for more than 15 years at Yale University, Fordham University, Cooper Union, and the School of Visual Arts before coming to Columbia University. His work is in numerous collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal. 

6:30 PM @ Death & co

*Entrance over 21