Kozloff’s 40-plus years of observation, consideration, and pursuit of wily meanings will be celebrated by well-known authorities speaking to some of his major concerns. Sandra Phillips, Senior Curator of Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, will address his concentration on street photography; the author and scholar Phillip Lopate will discuss Kozloff’s observations on portraiture; the celebrated photographer Duane Michals will speak on Kozloff the photographer; Robert Storr, well-known curator, critic and current Dean of the Yale School of Art, will position Kozloff’s contributions to the field of art and photography criticism. Lyle Rexer, writer and critic, will serve as moderator for the symposium.

A reception honoring his portrait photography titled “The Music of Faces” will follow from 5:30 until 7:30, hosted by the Steven Kasher Gallery, 515 West 26th Street, Second Floor.