CENTER, the non-profit photography organization in Santa Fe,
New Mexico, is thrilled to announce the opening of their new photographic exhibition and learning center
in the Pacheco District of Santa Fe.
The first exhibition, From the Field: Nuclear Legacy, features New Mexico based program alumni and
previous CENTER award winners Sofie Hecht, Meridel Rubenstein, Jane Whitmore, and Will Wilson. The
exhibition opens May 30, 5-7 pm and runs through July 11, 2025. The featured work includes stories from
New Mexico’s Downwinders, details about Operation Crossroads, where nuclear weapons were
detonated in the Marshall Islands, the effects of the Manhattan Project on New Mexico residents, and
uranium extraction and processing on the Navajo Nation.
A free and open to the public moderated panel discussion with the photographers and Curator, Mary
Anne Redding from the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, is scheduled for the afternoon, May 31, at
CENTER, 1570 Pacheco St, B-1, Santa Fe, NM 87505.
“We are so excited to achieve our long-time dream of opening a space in Santa Fe to gather and
exhibit outstanding lens-based projects highlighting today’s most critical issues” says CENTER’s
Executive Director Laura Wzorek Pressley.
Three Missiles: Flight/Force,
Four Elements, and Physics/Faith © Meridel Rubenstein
CENTER has advanced the photographic arts for over thirty years, with a mission to support lens-based
projects through education, public platforms, funding, and partnerships. This new space is a destination for
photographers, curators, collectors of lens-based art, editors, publishers, students, educators, and our
whole community, housing CENTER offices, a spacious gallery, classes, and a photographic book library.
CENTER’s renewed physical presence in Santa Fe marks an exciting chapter for the organization. The new
venue is the realization of a longtime vision of offering ongoing programs that serve the Santa Fe and New
Mexico communities and a global audience.
What lies ahead for her from Downwinders © Sofie Hecht
CENTER is a 501(c)(3) founded in 1994 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, that supports socially
and environmentally engaged lens-based projects through education, public platforms, funding, and
partnerships. CENTER’s flagship program is the Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium, provides Project
Presentations and public expo, scheduled for Nov. 1-3, 2025. Learn more -
centersantafe.org/mission
This image was included with Will Whitmores memorabilia. It was made remotely from Bikini Island from the series Bikini Project © Jane Whitmore
Shiprock Diso site PS21 clouds © Will WIlson
