Op-ed: Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth On Why Photography Still Matters

Asa Featherstone IV, The Gift, 2023. Archival inkjet print, 27 x 34 inches.

A small yellow flower held between two hands, one hand gently passing it to the other, set against a blurred natural background.

FotoFocus’s executive director Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth reflects on the growing importance of in-person, community-centered engagement with photography at a moment when generative A.I. and digital mediation increasingly threaten the medium’s power to document reality and stimulate public discourse.

Op-ed: Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth On Why Photography Still Matters