Silver Eye

Silver Eye and Point Park University will present a panel discussion with Zora J. Murff and Andre Bradley, moderated by Terence Washington. This discussion will focus on the life and work of two contemporary photographers, and will look to unpack themes of black identity, manhood, and creating artistic agency in America.

Participating Artists

1. Andre Bradley is based in Philadelphia and uses photography, curatorial practice and publishing to explore the subjects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the Black community, race, photographic representation and narrative space. Bradley utilizes photography, installation, and experimental lectures as forms of ideological resistance that foreground lived experiences of Blackness against the background of art. Bradley graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Image Text Ithaca and the Rhode Island School of Design's photography M.F.A. programs. While at Rhode Island School of Design, he received the T.C. Colley Award for photographic excellence. While at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Bradley was named a George Ciscle Scholar in curatorial practice. Bradley's first photo-book, Dark Archives, I-41, was shortlisted for the Photo-Text Book Award at Les Rencontres d'Arles and the Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation First Photo Book Award.

2. Zora J Murff is an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Arkansas. He received his MFA from the University of Nebraska—Lincoln and holds a BS in Psychology from Iowa State University. Merging his educational experiences, Murff uses his practice to highlight intersections between various social systems and art. He has published books with Aint-Bad Editions (PULLED FROM PUBLISHER) and Kris Graves Projects. His most recent monograph, At No Point In Between (Dais Books), was selected as the winner of the Independently Published category of the Lucie Foundation Photo Book Awards. Murff is also a Co-Curator of Strange Fire Collective, a group of interdisciplinary artists, writers, and curators working to construct and promote an archive of artwork created by diverse maker

3. Terence Washington is the Curatorial Liaison for Public Programs at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.. Terence received his MA from the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art in 2017.