Harry Mattison has photographed in the Middle East, Europe, Central America, and Africa. His photography has appeared in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, Paris Match, Double Take and Stern. He mounted a twenty-year retrospective of his photography in 1994. He is a recipient of a Washington DC Arts Council Grant and is a teaching artist at the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore.

This event is co-sponsored by the Office of the President, the MFA in Creative Writing, and the Department of Peace Studies.