"A Seat at the Table"

Lee Shulman and Omar Victor Diop are the subjects of a feature in Getty Museum News, published on October 14, 2025. The article discusses their collaborative photo‑series Being There, which inserts Diop into archival vernacular scenes to explore the visual language of belonging and exclusion. It contributes to conversations around race, representation, historical memory, and the power of vernacular photography to rewrite narratives of presence and absence.

14 October 2025