2024 FOTOFOCUS BIENNIAL: backstories
Biennial Opening Weekend Program: September 26–28, 2024
An ambitious collaboration between FotoFocus and the region’s museums, galleries, universities, and non-traditional spaces, the FotoFocus Biennial is a month-long celebration of photography and lens-based art that unites artists, curators, and participants from around the world. Now in its seventh iteration, the 2024 FotoFocus Biennial encompasses 107 projects at 86 Participating Venues across Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, and Northern Kentucky—the largest of its kind in America. This year’s Biennial presents 15 Featured Projects, including an international touring retrospective, a multi-venue celebration of an artist featuring a new commission, rare and never-before-seen photographic works, new research and insight to expand understandings of artists, and a Call for Entry Selection category, along with a wide range of original exhibitions, events, and projects, all centered around the theme of backstories.
The 2024 Biennial theme, backstories, focuses on stories that are not evident at first glance. These stories offer context for what happened previously or out of view, providing narratives not yet told or presented from a new perspective. Yet once told, they shed light on current circumstances and events.
The 2024 FotoFocus Biennial Opening Weekend Program, September 26–28, 2024, constitutes the core of the Biennial, establishing the theme and dialogues that unite the broader programming. Featuring keynote lecture, talks and panel discussions with artists, curators, and collaborators, receptions and tours, the Biennial Program is designed to inspire conversations about the world through photography, film, and lens-based art. Additional Biennial programming for Featured Projects and Participating Venues continues throughout the month of October.
While many venues are free and open to the public, the FotoFocus Passport offers free access to special exhibitions during the month of October; invitations to members-only events; and entry into the FotoFocus Biennial Opening Program. The Biennial Passport will once again be free in 2024.
Press Releases (PDF)
FotoFocus Announces 2024 Biennial Program and Opening Events
FotoFocus Announces Featured Projects for 2024 Biennial
FotoFocus Announces 2024 Biennial Theme
Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be available at select Opening Weekend Program events, sponsored by Ohio Humanities. For questions regarding accessibility accommodations during FotoFocus events, please email info@fotofocus.org. CART services have been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Ohio Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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