Join artist Conner Gordon for the launch of Where Does That Flower Bloom, a hand-bound photobook examining the memory of his late grandmother, her death from cancer, and the industrial pollution surrounding her Northern Indiana home. In his talk, Gordon will explore how photography can help us reconcile loss, nostalgia, and ecological uncertainty, as we grapple with the ways that environmental degradation affects us, the people we love, and places we call home. 

Conner Gordon (b. 1994) is an artist and educator exploring photography as unreliable narration. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States, and he has received awards, including a 2019 Fulbright Research Grant to Serbia and a 2025 Blue Sky Photography Residency at the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology. He has self-published four photography publications, including Where Does That Flower Bloom, a handmade photobook which will be released in 2025. He received an MFA in Art from the University of Oregon and is a Lecturer in Photography at Washburn University in Topeka, KS.

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