The Migration Photographers: From Ellis Island to ICE

This three-session course explores how gifted photographers have documented migrations: from hopeful arrivals at Ellis Island to today’s surveillance and deportations of immigrants by ICE. Through historical images to contemporary photojournalism, we’ll examine how these committed men and women have shared their migration stories and along the way shaped the story of human movement, belonging, and exclusion. Participants will study photographers from Alfred Stieglitz and Dorothea Lange to Sebastião Salgado, Matt Black, and Stephanie Keith. We’ll also look at the ethical and artistic challenges of photographing people in crisis.

Jan Armor is an educator and award-winning fine art photographer with 40 years of experience in both digital and traditional media. Jan received grants and awards for environmental photography and has taught at the Newport Art Museum, the Bristol Art Museum, Wickford Art Association, South County Art Association and Warwick Center for the Arts. www.armorphoto.com