Speaker Series
Friday, November 20, 2026
Lecture:
7 - 8:30 PM PST
Main Gallery
FREE FOR MEMBERS/ $10 (Non-Members)
Join us for a special evening with photographer and filmmaker Carter Smith as he discusses his current exhibition, Backwoods Boys: The Monstrous Masculine.
Join us for a special evening with photographer and filmmaker Carter Smith as he discusses his current exhibition, Backwoods Boys: The Monstrous Masculine, his filmmaking practice, and the inspirations behind his work.
We will have copies of Carter’s zines available for purchase.
Backwoods Boys: The Monstrous Masculine by Carter Smith is the first San Francisco solo exhibition by Maine-based photographer Carter Smith, featuring a striking new body of work that explores contemporary masculinity through intimate portraiture. Smith's photographs move effortlessly between realism and fiction, capturing men whose bodies bear the traces of work, desire, vulnerability, and everyday experience. Rejecting polished ideals in favor of honesty and emotional depth, these images challenge conventional notions of the male figure while expanding the possibilities of contemporary portrait photography. Both erotic and deeply human, Backwoods Boys invites viewers to reconsider how masculinity is represented—and how photography continues to shape our understanding of identity, intimacy, and the body.