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

Madeleine Hordinski, Midwestern Magic, 2024. Archival pigment print, 40 x 60 inches.

A wide outdoor photograph shows a group of children running through a grassy field bordered by trees, parked cars and a wooden building.

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