Hogan Seidel
Boston Center for the Arts
551 Tremont Street, studio 416
www.hoganseidel.com on Instagram
Hogan Seidel (b. 1991, United States) is a filmmaker and photographer based in Boston. Their work operates at the intersection of eco-praxis, identity, and liberation, with a focus on experimental moving image and analog photographic processes. Seidel works across formats including Super 8, 16mm, 35mm, medium, and large format, incorporating techniques such as photochemical abstraction, botanical collage, cyanotype, optical printing, found footage, and in-camera editing.
Their films and photographs have been featured at international festivals including Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (UK), Analogica (CH), Istanbul Experimental (TR), Onion City (US), Pleasure Dome (CA), and Athens International Film + Video Festival (US), among others.
Hogan's work has been collected by the Belvedere Art Museum, as well as their film work is now distributed through Light Cone. They also have work collected by Collectif Jeune Cinéma queer cinema archive in Paris, as well as the Ursula Blickle video archive in Vienna.
Seidel is a co-editor of Analog Cookbook, a biannual publication from UNC Press focused on accessible approaches to analog filmmaking and photography. Their work has received support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, United States Artists, and Collective Futures Fund. They currently have a studio at the Boston Center for the Arts funded by the Mellon Foundation.
Past artist residencies include MASS MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, Millay Arts, among others. Seidel holds a BFA and MFA in Media Art from Emerson College and an M.Ed in Arts Education from Harvard University. They are currently an Assistant Teaching Professor of Photography at Simmons University.
