Picture Library 2025

School of Visual Arts (SVA) BFA Photography and Video presents its annual exhibition “Picture Library 2025,” organized in collaboration with the SVA Library and featuring a selection of the class of 2025’s Senior Monographs alongside books from the College’s Library that have inspired their work. The exhibition will be on view from Friday, October 24, through Saturday, November 15, 2025, at the SVA Gramercy Gallery, 209 East 23rd Street, New York City.

This special edition of the show surveys all prior iterations of Picture Library from 2018 – 2024, collectively showcasing previously exhibited Senior Monographs along with their inspiration books in an adjacent reading room. Of the exhibition, department Chair, Joseph Maida, says, “We hope that this expanded version of Picture Library encourages visitors from the SVA community and beyond to spend time with pictures in books. One of the most impactful vehicles for circulating photographs to global audiences over the last two centuries, the printed image meaningfully endures in the digital age.” 

Alumni from the class of 2025 featured in this exhibition are Alexia Haick, Martins da Silveira, Adison James, Yinong Li, Samantha Molinelli, Shane Singh, Zixuan Wang, Yu-Shan Sammi Wei, and John Yuhas. Their work is inspired by celebrated artists, including Olivia Locher, Tim Walker, Masao Yamamoto, Bruce Davidson, Ken Schles, Sophie Calle, Rinko Kawauchi, and Roberto Bolaño.

This show is made possible because of the support and collaboration of the SVA Library. Special thanks to Caitlin Kilgallen, Director, and David Shuford, Cataloger, for the invaluable resources they provide to our community.

https://sva.edu/events/bfa-photography-and-video-exhibition-fall-2025