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PRC Speaker Series : Amani Willett, April 9th, 2026

    The lecture will take place in the Screening Room at Lesley University Hall. Following the talk, we invite you to continue the conversation during a social hour at the PRC gallery from 7–8 PM, where Amani will be signing copies of his new book Invisible Sun, which will be available for purchase.

    Venue : Lesley University Hall, 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140

    ABOUT THE ARTIST

    Amani Willett is a Boston-based photographer whose work explores family, history, memory, and the social environment, often through the book form. His monographs Disquiet (Damiani, 2013), The Disappearance of Joseph Plummer (Overlapse, 2017), and A Parallel Road (Overlapse, 2020) were named among Photo-Eye’s “Best Books of the Year” and have been widely published and exhibited. His work appears in major collections including MoMA, Tate Modern, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Willett is an Associate Professor of Photography at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

    Invisible Sun, published by Dust Collective, is a visual meditation on survival, transformation, and memory, exploring how childhood trauma and lived experience continue to shape the present.