For What Else They Are

Upcoming Dates and Times

Sunday, Aug 23, 2026
Monday, Aug 24, 2026
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2026
Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026
Thursday, Aug 27, 2026
Friday, Aug 28, 2026
Saturday, Aug 29, 2026
Sunday, Aug 30, 2026
Monday, Aug 31, 2026
Tuesday, Sep 1, 2026
Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026
Thursday, Sep 3, 2026
+ 31 more

Location

Boise State University Student Union Building
1700 W University Drive

Details

Lamont Lyons states: When I go out with my camera, I don’t ask myself what can I take a photograph of, but rather what I will be given. Minor White, a noted photographer and teacher, said “One should not only photograph things for what they are, but for what else they are”. Often, I see in my mind’s eye something very different from the ordinary view. I might compose from a different angle; I might imagine it in high contrast black and white or with colors manipulated in unexpected ways. In the end, the photograph becomes something seen differently or ‘for what else it is’. It is a whole in itself. It does not require interpretation of explanation, leaving plenty of room for ambiguity and wonder. As you view each photograph in this exhibition, I invite you to just be there with it. Be still. Live with it a few moments. Perhaps you will feel the joy I felt while making it.