WESTPORT–Three photographers with different missions – solving crimes, bringing home breaking news of the world and spotlighting ordinary people – will discuss how their images capture their worlds at The Westport Library, 20 Jesup Road, Oct. 26, at 2 p.m.

Entitled Seeing is Deceiving: A Search for Visual Perspective, the presentation is the 10^th annual TEA (thinkers, educators, artists) Talk presented by the Westport Arts Advisory Committee. The event is open to the public and free of charge, but organizers ask that those interested in attending register in advance.

Photographer, photo educator and curator Art Nager will moderate the discussion with: 

• Rachel Hall, a Westport Police Department detective and drone photographer. “About five years ago, Rachel picked up photography as a creative outlet, gravitating toward subjects that test her patience: wildlife, birds, and fleeting moments in nature,” according to the library’s announcement of the event. “Her work is shaped by the same discipline she brings to policing, but with a more relaxed, curious eye, capturing images that balance technical precision with genuine appreciation for the unexpected.”
• Spencer Platt, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and former Westporter now based in Brooklyn. Platt was one of five Getty Images photographers who received a shared 2022 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol, and the World Press Picture of the Year in 2006 for coverage of the war in Lebanon. “His images have been presented globally in galleries, publications, and books,” the library website says. “He has a love of street photography, the ocean, and the world of motorcycles.”
• Butch Quick, an award-winning Norwalk-based street photographer whose images capture ordinary people. “His portraits strip away distractions to uncover raw human truth, each image a story of resilience and lived experience,” the library website says. “Though rooted in street photography, his work goes beyond the candid — each shot born from connection and trust,” the announcement says. Exhibited widely across New York and Connecticut, including his acclaimed CUBA series, Butch Quick’s photography turns ordinary moments into timeless reflections of the human spirit.

Artist Miggs Burroughs will introduce the event with a visual overview of the program, and poet laureate Donna Disch will recite a poem in honor of the topic.

An audience reception will follow the program.

“In today’s world, everyone holds tightly to their truth,” the announcement for the event says. “Is there such a thing as a universal truth in a photograph? Or is it determined by the eye looking through the viewfinder?”

Westporters and others are invited to come see for themselves.

Seeing is Deceiving: A Search for Visual Perspective

Sunday, Oct. 26, at 2 p.m.

The Westport Library
20 Jesup Road
Westport