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2 portraits: Speaking in Pairs Dialogue Friday March 20th, 2026

Speaking in Pairs Dialogue: Positive Exposure, Reconstructing a Face with Naomi Levinshtein

March 20 @ 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Speaking in Pairs Dialogue Friday March 20th, 2026

Positive Exposure, Reconstructing a Face
Naomi Levinshtein
In this presentation, Naomi Levinshtein reflects on how portraiture can reshape the experience of facial difference, drawing from both her own photographic practice and the work of Rick Guidotti. Speaking from both sides of the camera—as someone who has undergone palate repair and as a photographer documenting her peers—Levinshtein considers how Guidotti’s founding of Positive Exposure challenges the clinical, often dehumanizing conventions of medical photography.

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Furthering the exhibition Speaking in Pairs and its emphasis on dialogue and duality, paired speakers explore themes centered on the power of representation. The program also features vocalist Beth Griffith performing a powerful English rendition of Marieluise. A Report by Kerstin Specht, joined by dancer and poet Yehuda Hyman, bringing together embodied performance and layered conversations.

Featured participants include: Luis Corzo, Vie Darling, Meredith Davenport, Steven Donziger, Beth Griffith, Rick Guidotte, Tess Hamilton, Benjamin Hett, Yehuda Hyman, Adrienne Keller, Reiner Leist, Naomi Levinshtein, Susan Meiselas, Paul Messier, Kendall Rogers, Stefan Ruiz, Caroline Rupprecht, Kristina Shook, Stephanie Stebich, Sally Stein, Camilo Vergara, and Virginia Inés Vergara.

Thank you to our generous exhibition and programming sponsors: Leonard A. Lauder Exhibition and Catalogue Fund, Boris Lurie Art Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, & Crossway Foundation.

 

 

https://events.humanitix.com/speaking-in-pairs-dialogue-friday-march-20th-2026

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