Dona Ann McAdams: “Black | Box”

“Black | Box” is an exhibition by award-winning American photographer Dona Ann McAdams, combining 50 years of black and white photography with the photographer’s own short lyric texts. Her photographs, taken between 1974 and 2024, document astonishing moments and people across decades of American life. These striking historical images paired with personal reflections that read like prose poems work together to convey an unapologetic history of the Queer Liberation Movement, the Culture Wars, and the Performance Art scene of the 1980s and 1990s. This exhibition is timed to coincide with the release of McAdams’ recent monograph, “Black | Box: A Photographic Memoir,” published by Saint Lucy Books.

Special Event: In Conversation

Thursday, May 15 at 6:30 pm

Dona Ann McAdams and poet Eileen Myles discuss her five decades of photography.

This event is open to the public.