04/07/2026
Christine Lorenz – Spirit Photography
Join us as member favorite presenter, Christine Lorenz, brings to us another interesting topic on the history of photography. We will look at some fun material from the 19th century, focusing on William H. Mumler, who was famous for claiming to capture an image of Lincoln from beyond the grave.
Christine joins us on the heels of being chosen for the Silver Eye Center for Photography, and having her work chosen as featured artwork for Concourse D of the renewed Pittsburgh International Airport. She currently is a featured artist in “Ambiguous Boundaries” at the in Sewickley.
April 14, 2026
7:15 pm – 9:00 pm
Mt. Lebanon Recreation Center
900 Cedar Blvd
Pittsburgh, PA 15228
About
Christine Lorenz uses the tools of macro photography to reflect on the ways we find meaning in materials. She earned her MFA at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and BA at The Ohio State University. Her photographs have been seen at photo-eye gallery, Santa Fe; PEP, Berlin; Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalition; Silver Eye Center for Photography; and at unconventional spaces in her hometown of Pittsburgh PA. Online, her photographs have been featured by Der Greif, Lenscratch, Vice, Fraction Magazine, Rogue Agent Journal, Magenta Foundation and Humble Arts Foundation. She was a 2025 Gilbert Fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Her article “Halophilic” was published in Refract Journal, a peer-reviewed journal from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 2022. She was a selected photographer for Review Santa Fe in 2021 and was a finalist for Photolucida Critical Mass in 2023. In addition to self-publishing photobooks, she works as a founding member of Flock Artist Collective, cultivating the intertwined work of artmaking and parenting. She teaches art writing and the history of photography at Duquesne University and Point Park University.
