PAC LA PRESENTS: YEAR OF THE WOMAN

In honor of the powerful women who helped to shape PAC LA's first decade, we are launching Year of the Woman, a series of flagship public educational events celebrating notable women in fine art photography. The organization is building an entire year of programming around this central theme and will offer free, in-person events, held quarterly at venues across the city in 2025 and early 2026.

Read more here.

This groundbreaking programming initiative is made possible through the generous sponsorship of Eastman Museum Los Angeles.

Year of the Woman Flagship Event: An Afternoon with Photographer Susan Meiselas

As the highlight of our Year of the Woman programming initiative, PAC LA, in partnership with Eastman Museum Los Angeles and American Cinemateque, was honored to host an afternoon with acclaimed documentary photographer and president of Magnum Foundation, Susan Meiselas. Known for her documentation of human rights issues in Latin America, this remarkable event coincided with the 2025 rerelease of Meiselas’ acclaimed publication, Nicaragua from Aperture. The book was first published by Pantheon in 1981 and is more sharply relevant today than ever.

Susan’s talk centered around her Nicaragua work over multiple decades and the various forms it has taken, as a book, exhibition and film, tracing the lives of her images as they have circulated and been repatriated, shifting their meaning over time. Read more about her seminal work in Nicaragua here.

Thank you to all who attended and supported this event!

Member Opportunities

Member Travel Opportunity: Paris Photo 2025

Paris Photo 2025 will be held at the Grand Palais from November 12-16. As a benefit of joining PAC LA, members are welcome to request a complementary VIP Paris Photo pass for two, but why not treat yourself to a Premium Experience that only PAC LA can offer? You'll enjoy personalized, private access to the City and photography culture beyond the Fair, expertly curated and led by our very own Paris experts. It's an unforgettable way to truly be a VIP in Paris!

November 12-15 2025

Paris, France | Members - RSVP Here

Instagram Live: A Conversation with Cara Romero

Continuing our Year of the Woman celebration virtually, PAC LA is excited to present an engaging Instagram Live event hosted by Hannah Sloan with Santa Fe-based photographer and visual artist Cara Romero.

An enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Romero was raised between contrasting settings: the rural Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA and the urban sprawl of Houston, TX. Romero’s identity informs her work, a blend of fine art and editorial photography, shaped by years of study and a visceral approach to representing Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural memory, collective history, and lived experiences from a Native American female perspective.

By staging theatrical compositions infused with dramatic color, Romero takes on the role of storyteller, using contemporary photography techniques to depict the modernity of Native peoples, illuminating Indigenous worldviews and aspects supernaturalism in everyday life.

Friday, September 26 | 11 AM PST | FREE and open to all

Online - Instagram Live | RSVP HERE