Each evening we present a wonderful 1-2-hour presentation lectures by our amazing workshop instructors.
Open to the public.
6:45pm – 8:00pm PDT




Monday, April 26th
MATT MAHURIN
Tuesday, April 27th
MONA KUHN
Wednesday, April 28th
TIM TADDER
Thursday, April 29th
Q&A WITH NADAV KANDER
Sharing stories from photojournalism assignments in Texas Prisons, abortion clinics, AIDS Hospice, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Belfast, Matt will also explore his transition from photography to filmmaking to direct, shoot, and edit over 175 music videos for U2, Tom Waits, Tracy Chapman, Metallica, Lou Reed, Ice T, Joni Mitchell, and David Byrne—as well as a documentary premiered at Sundance Film Festival and two feature films he wrote and directed.
Through a forty year career, Matt will focus on the importance of remaining relevant as a creative force in the demanding world of making a living by making art.
Whether an aspiring artist or experienced professional, the lecture will offer insight and inspiration into the practical tools and philosophical concepts essential to pursuing a passion with purpose.
Matt will also introduce The Imagemaker’s Handbook, his five volume, 2000 page exploration of life as a creative professional to be released in late 2021.
Mona Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010),
Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Kuhn’s monograph titled Bushes and Succulents has been published by Stanley/Barker Editions, with a debut at Jeu de Paume in Paris, in 2019. A stunning career retrospective of Mona Kuhn’s works has been published by Thames & Hudson, Spring 2021. Kuhn’s forthcoming publication Kings Road, will be published and released by Steid this Fall 2021.
Tim Tadder will discuss his highly original and remarkable personal work as well as his commercial work in this lecture. Don’t miss this one!
Please send your questions to response AT Palmspringsphotofestival.com with the word NADAV in the subject line. We’ll try to answer as many questions as possible. If we will be able to answer your question, we’ll turn on your video / audio to enable you to ask the question to Nadav directly on the webcast.
Because Nadav is in London, we’ll be pre-recording this webcast for broadcast at the hour of our Evening Presentations. Therefore there are two times listed. If you would like to participate in the Q&A please plan to join the earlier conversation (we’ll be posting links to the conversation prior to the event).
April 29: 9:00am PDT Recording Live
April 29: 6:30pm PDT Re-Broadcast in our Evening Presentation