Midwest Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Joseph Mougel

Friday, October 16, 2026 @ 1:00pm, Hopkins Photo Lab

Botanically Toned Cyanotypes: Exploring Midwest Plant Communities Through Photography

Joseph Mougel is an artist and educator whose research-based practice explores the intersections of photography, ecology, and material experimentation. Working through field research, historical photographic processes, botanical chemistry, and contemporary imaging technologies, he investigates how photographs embody the ecological conditions of place. A former combat correspondent in the U.S. Marine Corps, he earned a BFA from the University of Georgia and an MFA in Photography from the University of New Mexico. He has participated in residencies at Ucross Foundation, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, and Art Farm, and currently serves as head of Photography & Imaging at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.