Turning 50 deserves a party! In 2025, the Center of Creative Photography (CCP) celebrates five decades of collecting with an exhibition of more than 100 photographs and archival objects drawn from its vast holdings. Picture Party brings these items together in ways that create visual “conversations” across time and place – and that also welcomes you, the viewer, into dialogue with the many ways artists have used photography, from the earliest days of the medium to today. Come join the party and discover how students, scholars, artists, and visitors gain new ideas, insights, and inspiration from the CCP’s unparalleled collection.
Picture Party: Celebrating the Collection at 50
Barbara Bosworth, Christmas Solar Eclipse in My Father's Hands, Sanibel, 2000, Gift of the artist. © Barbara Bosworth
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Richard Avedon: Among Creatives (at Phoenix Art Museum)
Richard Avedon: Among Creatives (at Phoenix Art Museum)
December 6, 2024 - May 25, 2025 All Day Event
Featuring more than 50 works from the collection of the Center for Creative Photography (CCP), Richard Avedon: Among Creatives presents the work of legendary American photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004).
Building Health Resilience: Reflections on Care, Consciousness, and Community
Building Health Resilience: Reflections on Care, Consciousness, and Community
March 18, 2025 - April 12, 2025 All Day Event
Building Health Resilience: Reflections on Care, Consciousness, and Community is an exhibition about an international collaboration between the University of Arizona (U of A), Universidad Sonora, and Instituto Interamericano de Educación Superior para la Salud.
Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis
Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis
August 23, 2025 - December 6, 2025 All Day Event
In Pictures for Charis, American photographer Kelli Connell reconsiders the relationship between writer Charis (pronounced CARE-iss) Wilson and photographer Edward Weston through a close examination of Wilson’s prose and Weston’s iconic photographs.