Kate Shannon, Associate Professor of Art and the Ohio State University 2025-26 Artist Laureate, focuses on photography, and digitally manipulating and recontextualizing existing photographs to explore their connection to time, history, and the digital age. Shannon is fascinated with the physical deterioration of photographs and how it contributes to their stories. Host David Staley and Shannon discuss her works, including “Construction/Destruction,” in which she animates decayed Wright Brothers’ glass plate negatives, and “The Insignificant,” in which she treats rejected Farm Security Administration negatives. She also reflects on her students’ interactions with both historical and modern digital photography and the implications of generative AI in the art world.
Photograph by Carlos G. Vertanessian
