Joe and I talk about his life in photography and his long tenure teaching photography at Fordham University. His current show Being and There is now up at Aurelia Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
You can view the show at: https://www.aureliagallery.com/current-exhibition
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Joseph Lawton has taught photography at Fordham University for over thirty-five years, and served as the Director of the Visual Arts Department at Fordham, as well at Hunter College, Pratt Institute, and the School of Visual Arts. The recipient of the Light Works and the Southeast Center for Photography grants, his work has been published in the New York Times, and in Life and Time magazines, and is included in numerous public and private collections, including Bibliothèque Nationale. Exhibitions include PS1, Canton Museum, and OK Harris Gallery. A catalogue of his photographs from the New York State Fair is available through Light Works, Syracuse University, and his recent book, Plain Sight, was published by waal-boght press.