All Past Events

11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 2, 2012

Death…whether encountered suddenly or after long anticipation, all humanity interprets and responds to the inevitable in very diverse ways. In honor of our local Día de los Muertos, this Photo Friday theme, and the images featured, capture the shock of sudden departures, the grieving of those left behind, the celebration of passage and the memorializing of those gone.

5:30 p.m. Oct. 25, 2012

Susan Meiselas will present two seminal projects: Nicaragua and Kurdistan. Both bodies of work will be shown as they were presented in magazines, books and exhibition form.

5:30 p.m. Oct. 18, 2012

Artist's talk and book signing by Richard Misrach. In the 1970s, exhibiting artist Richard Misrach helped pioneer the renaissance of color photography and large-scale presentation that are widespread practice today.

5:30 p.m. Oct. 11, 2012

Jeff Kida, Photography Editor at Arizona Highways Magazine, will share photographs from the popular publication.

6 p.m. Oct. 5, 2012

On Friday, October 5, 2012, at 6:00 p.m., groundbreaking American photojournalist and filmmaker Danny Lyon will screen his film, "Murderers," a documentary, at the Center for Creative Photography Auditorium.

11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 5, 2012

Photo Fridays offer an exclusive themed selection from the Center’s renowned collection of photographs—unframed for close inspection in the second floor viewing room—every month. The theme for October 5 will be Signs and Symbols.

5 p.m. Oct. 4, 2012

Photo Fridays offer an exclusive themed selection from the Center’s renowned collection of photographs—unframed for close inspection in the second floor viewing room—every month. The theme for October 5 will be Signs and Symbols.

5 p.m. Sept. 13, 2012 to 5 p.m. Dec. 8, 2012

5 p.m. Sept. 13, 2012 to 5 p.m. Dec. 8, 2012

11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 7, 2012

Photo Fridays offer an exclusive themed selection from the Center’s renowned collection of photographs – unframed for close inspection in the second floor viewing room – every month. The theme for September 7 will be Family, and will include work by Shelby Lee Adams, Joan Barker, Harry Callahan, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Graciela Iturbide, Mickey Pallas, Paul Strand, and Rosalind Solomon.

5:30 p.m. Aug. 23, 2012

5:30 p.m. Aug. 23, 2012

Alice Sachs Zimet, President, Arts + Business Partners (New York City), is a long time collector of fine art photography. She is a member of the Collections Committee of the Harvard Art Museums, the Board of the Magnum Foundation, and the International Center of Photography's Acquisitions Committee. She will present on the basics of photography collection on August 23rd in the CCP Auditorium.

5 p.m. Aug. 17, 2012 to 5 p.m. Nov. 24, 2012

Celebrating the Arizona Centennial, a selection of diverse photographs created in the state during the twentieth century are on display. In addition to iconic views of iconic sites by photographic masters, this presentation embraces the unexpected, and shows the rich breadth and scope of the Center’s fine print collection. 

5 p.m. June 21, 2012 to 5 p.m. Sept. 22, 2012

11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. May 4, 2012

Since photography’s inception, its practitioners have arranged people and objects in front of their cameras for both practical and aesthetic considerations.

5:30 p.m. April 24, 2012

5:30 p.m. April 19, 2012

5:30 p.m. April 12, 2012

5:30 p.m. April 9, 2012