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Sam Abell: A Journey Over Continents and Decades
Website: samabell.com
Dates: September 5, 2025 – December 31,2025
Events: Opening Reception September 5, 5-9pm
Keynote Event, Speed Art Museum September 10, 5:30-7:30pm
The Biennial is excited to announce our Keynote Speaker for 2025 is photographer, writer and artist Sam Abell. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, he is known best for his 33 years as a staff photographer for National Geographic. Six monographs have been published of Abell’s work: Stay This Moment, Sam Abell: The Photographic Life, Amazonia, Seeing Gardens, The Life of a Photograph, and Sam Abell: Library. In 2024, Sam Abell was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame, and received Lifetime Achievement Awards from The Photo Society and the Los Angeles Center of Photography.