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Street corner with a stoplight in front of boarded-up buildings
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Zora J. Murff, Cross, from the series At No Point In Between, 2019. Pigment print; 24 1/8 x 30 1/8 inches. Denver Art Museum: Funds from the Photography Acquisitions Alliance, 2022.39. © Zora J. Murff

Anderman Photography Lecture: Zora J. Murff

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Photographer and educator Zora J. Murff creates pictures of people and the urban and natural environments that surround them. For some projects, he also incorporates appropriated imagery to reflect on his own experiences and to examine social and racial injustices. His work considers minimized histories, experiences of being a Black person in America, and the ways visual culture shapes and is shaped by us.

Zora J. Murff’s monograph True Colors (or, Affirmations in a Crisis) was published by Aperture in 2022 and he received a prestigious Infinity Award from the International Center for Photography in 2023. He is currently Assistant Professor of Photography at University of Oregon.

This program is presented in connection with the photography exhibition What We’ve Been Up To: People, on view February 8 through September 29, 2026.

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Sharp Auditorium—Hamilton Building, Lower Level
Ticket required, discount for members, free for Museum Friends and students.
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The Anderman Photography Lecture Series

This event is part of the 2025-26 Anderman Photography Lecture Series.

African American man in a red hoodie facing away from the camera

Zora J. Murff, Jerrod (talking about hoods), from the series At No Point In Between, 2019. Pigment print; 20 x 16 inches. Denver Art Museum: Funds from the Photography Acquisitions Alliance, 2022.42. © Zora J. Murff

Candid portrait of an African American woman folding her arms

Zora J. Murff, Terri (talking about the freeway), from the series At No Point In Between, 2019. Pigment print; 40 1/8 x 32 1/8 inches. Denver Art Museum: Funds from the Photography Acquisitions Alliance, 2022.40. © Zora J. Murff

Basketball court surrounded by a huge overgrown tre

Zora J. Murff, Court, from the series At No Point In Between, 2019. Pigment print; 32 1/8 x 40 1/8 inches. Denver Art Museum: Funds from the Photography Acquisitions Alliance, 2022.43. © Zora J. Murff

Black man holding his young infant child close

Zora J. Murff, Jerrod and Junior (talking about fatherhood), from the series At No Point In Between, 2019. Pigment print; 30 1/8 x 24 inches. Denver Art Museum: Funds from the Photography Acquisitions Alliance, 2022.41. © Zora J. Murff

Extreme close-up of a man wearing a t-shirt with a snippet of a face visibile

Zora J. Murff, War Ready (or, fanning the flames of my desire to burn you down), 2019. Pigment print. © Zora J. Murff

Blurred out view of a flower bush, made to look like the photo is in motion

Zora J. Murff, 31° 7’ 25.94” N, 81° 33’ 22.45” W, 2020. Pigment print. © Zora J. Murff

Back view of a large statue of a male figure

Zora J. Murff, On the shoulders of greater men [sic], 2019. Pigment print. © Zora J. Murff

African American man in a red hoodie facing away from the camera
Candid portrait of an African American woman folding her arms
Basketball court surrounded by a huge overgrown tre
Black man holding his young infant child close
Extreme close-up of a man wearing a t-shirt with a snippet of a face visibile
Blurred out view of a flower bush, made to look like the photo is in motion
Back view of a large statue of a male figure

The Anderman Photography Lecture Series presents talks by the preeminent creators and thinkers in photography today. Series funding is generously provided by Evan and Elizabeth Anderman.