Artist Talk: Jason Reed and Barry Stone on Photobooks

Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Experimental Seeing: Russell Lee’s Pedagogical Legacy, this conversation between artists Jason Reed and Barry Stone examines the process and impact of photographic publishing. The discussion will address their individual practices and collaborative projects, centering on their recent monograph Boom and Dust (2025), a survey of a 40-mile stretch of highway that crosses the oil-rich lands of Texas’ Permian Basin. Grounded in their extensive exhibition and publishing histories, Reed and Stone will unpack how the book form actively shapes, scales, and distributes the photographic image.