2024 WOPHA Congress: How Photography Teaches Us to Live Now

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On Thursday, October 24th, the WOPHA Congress at PAMM kicks off with a group portfolio review session. The program brings together leading photography experts from South Florida and beyond, including Noelle Flores Théard, Senior Digital Photo Editor at The New Yorker, Verónica Sanchis Bencomo, Founder and Curator of Foto Féminas and Photo Editor at The New York Times, and Éline Gourgues, Co-director and Curator of La Station Culturelle, Fort de France, Martinique. The evening will conclude in the main auditorium at PAMM with welcoming remarks by Sarah Meister, Executive Director of Aperture Foundation, and panel discussions with South Florida and national preeminent artists such as Silvia Lizama, Maria Martínez Cañas, Susan Meiselas, and Wendy Ewald. 

The WOPHA Congress continues the next day on Friday, October 25th with a series of panel discussions at PAMM with speakers from Japan, Canada, Spain, and Vietnam who will reflect on photography, ecology, and materiality. The event closing remarks will be offered by venerable artist, author and curator, Deb Willis. The day will conclude with the WOPHA Congress Party, an evening of music, networking, and celebration at the JW Marriott Miami.