Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Arts & Culture
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • University Statements
  • Syracuse University Impact
  • |
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • University Statements
  • Syracuse University Impact
  • |
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Arts & Culture

Syracuse Architecture, Light Work to co-host lecture by acclaimed photographer Richard Barnes

Monday, October 25, 2010, By Elaine Wackerow
Share
School of Architecturespeakers

Photographer Richard Barnes, known for his exploration of architecture within the context of archaeology and how human beings interact with their natural environment, will speak at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Tuesday, Nov. 2, at 5 p.m. in Slocum Hall Auditorium. His lecture, “Animal Logic and Recent Projects,” is co-sponsored by Light Work. The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow in the Slocum Hall Gallery.

barnesBarnes’ work challenges our conceptions of the way we inhabit and represent the built environment. His recent work, “Phylum and Refuge,” looks at the hybrid architecture of a collection of bird nests constructed of materials humans throw away, such as Christmas tinsel, hair and dental floss. The nests hover ambiguously between the natural and the artificial. This work is the basis of Barnes’ book, “Animal Logic” (Princeton Architectural Press, 2009) and his receipt of the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome in 2005. His work from Rome resulted in the exhibition “Murmur (Flow Room),” cited by Art Forum magazine in its “Best of 2007” exhibitions for the year.

In the 1990s, Barnes worked as the photographer for the joint Yale/University of Pennsylvania excavations at Abydos, Egypt. He was also commissioned by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco to document the renovation of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, with funding by the National Endowment for the Arts. The project evolved into an investigation into the largest post-gold rush era cemetery ever excavated. The resulting exhibition, “Still Rooms & Excavations,” was shown throughout the United States.

In 1998, Barnes was commissioned by The New York Times Magazine to photograph the cabin of Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber. This work was later shown at the Triennial of Photography in Hamburg, Germany, and at the 2006 Whitney Biennial. Barnes was awarded the Alfred Eisenstadt Award in Photography for this work.

Barnes’ photographs are in numerous public and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Harvard Photographic Archive. In addition to his photography, Barnes has lectured extensively, including such venues as the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He has worked as adjunct professor/visiting artist at the San Francisco Art Institute, and at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco.

  • Author

Elaine Wackerow

  • Recent
  • Doctoral Candidate Wins Grant for Research on Infrastructure, Violence and Resistance in Pakistan
    Friday, August 1, 2025, By News Staff
  • Co-President of Disability Law Society Eyes Career in National Security Law in Washington
    Thursday, July 31, 2025, By Jordan Bruenger
  • Lender Center New York Event Gathers Wealth Gap Experts
    Wednesday, July 30, 2025, By Diane Stirling
  • After Tragedy, Newhouse Grad Rediscovers Her Voice Through Podcasting
    Wednesday, July 30, 2025, By Chris Velardi
  • Back-to-School Shopping: More Expensive and Less Variety of Back-to-School Items
    Tuesday, July 29, 2025, By Daryl Lovell

More In Arts & Culture

How New Words Enter Our Language: A Linguistics Expert Explains

From “yeet” to “social distancing,” new words and phrases constantly emerge and evolve in American English. But how do these neologisms—newly coined terms—gain acceptance and become part of mainstream dialect? We interviewed Christopher Green, associate professor of linguistics in the…

Art Museum Acquires Indian Scrolls Gifted by SUNY Professor

The University Art Museum has received a monumental gift of more than 80 traditional Indian patachitra scrolls, significantly expanding its collection of South Asian art and material culture. The scrolls were donated by Geraldine Forbes, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita at…

Architecture Students’ Project Selected for Royal Academy Exhibition

In a prestigious international honor, a project by three students from the School of Architecture has been selected for inclusion in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2025, currently on view in London. The work, titled “Evolving an Urban Ecology,” was…

Vintage Over Digital: Alumnus Dan Cohen’s Voyager CD Bag Merges Music and Fashion

Bucking the trend of streaming music platforms and contrary to what one might expect of a member of his generation, musician Dan Cohen ’25 prefers listening to his favorite artists on compact disc (CD) and record players. His research and…

VPA Announces New Drama Department Chair

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has appointed Eleanor Holdridge as the new chair of the Department of Drama effective July 1. Holdridge comes to Syracuse University from the Catholic University of America, where she served as professor…

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

  • X
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
Social Media Directory

For the Media

Find an Expert Follow @SyracuseUNews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • @SyracuseU
  • @SyracuseUNews
  • Social Media Directory
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Campus Status
  • Syracuse.edu
© 2025 Syracuse University News. All Rights Reserved.