Join us for an in person, panel discussion with Ricky Weaver, Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin, Cedric Terrell and moderated by Elizabeth Gray Bayne

Delve into the power of photography and visual language with Ricky Weaver, Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin, Cedric Terrell and Elizabeth Gray Bayne as they discuss imagery, representation, and the overall influence of still images on culture past, present and future.

ABOUT THE PANELISTS:

Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist, theorist, and mother, born in Ypsilanti, MI. She is currently teaching at ArtCenter College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA as a fellow for the Association odf Indepedant Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD). Ricky is represented by David Klien Gallery and has shown work at Art Miami, The Havanna Biennale, Sofa Expo, and more. Her work has been acquired by institutions like The Wedge Collection and published in Aperture’s As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.

Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Los Angeles, California. Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin began photographing the urban landscape when he inherited his father’s camera. From that point, he has continued to meticulously document the physical composition of neighborhoods throughout the city and beyond. His work blends elements of landscape, documentary, and street photography to portray a side of everyday city life that’s foreign to the unfamiliar. The experience of growing up in Los Angeles is the foundation for his photo essays, sharing a perspective that is often missing from the mainstream narrative.

Cedric Terrell grew up in a small southern town. The Marine Corps became Cedric Terrell's ticket to see the world. His call sign was “The Photographer” and as he documented everything; cultural sites and heads of state to local people in remote villages. Cedric was constantly learning, absorbing, and inspired by the beauty of life and captured every detail.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR:

Elizabeth Gray Bayne is an award-winning filmmaker with a focus on social impact producing. She is committed to using film to tell unexplored narratives that promote health,environmental and social justice issues in underserved communities.

Elizabeth was born in Washington, D.C. and raised three hours south in Hampton Roads, VA – the home of NASA and Langley Air Force Base. In this environment, she longed to incorporate her love of art with her interests in science. But it wasn’t until after college that she got her first exposure to the motion picture industry when a fellowship with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency brought her to Los Angeles to watch Joe Pytka direct a PSA for the agency. She immediately fell in love with the medium, moved to Los Angeles and enrolled in film school.

With an MPH from Yale and MFA from the ArtCenter College of Design, Elizabeth successfully bridged the worlds of art and science to produce content for clients including MIT Media Lab, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, the LA County Department of Public Health, and A.U.M. Films and Media. Her PSAs, documentary and narrative projects have appeared on ABC, the Smithsonian Channel and Aspire TV.

This panel discussion is co-sponsored by ArtCenter Library, the Center for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI), and the Photography & Imaging Department.