Hosted by Villa Heike, the International Limited-Residency MFA in Photography program at the Hartford Art School / University of Hartford (US) is pleased to present “LONG ENOUGH TO TIE MY SHOE”, an exhibition featuring the work of eleven master students from the class of 2027. Their photographic works reflect a range of approaches and styles, yet all engage photography’s enduring relationship to time — its ability to hold, mark and measure a moment. Each artist uses the camera as a starting point for reflection on growth, memory, distance, and family.

Through gesture, landscape, body, and trace, these artists consider duration as both threshold and transformation. Working with distinct practices, they meet at long enough to tie my shoe — not a place, but a measure of time that allows for pause, awareness, and the possibility of becoming.

Curated by Robert Lyons, this exhibition features in-progress work by first-year MFA students in the program. We appreciate the other faculty, Michael Vahrenwald (Director) and Chikara Umihara, for their valuable insight and assistance in making this exhibition possible.

Hartford Art School / University of Hartford
International Limited-Residency MFA in Photography
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