Please join the Friends of Modern Architecture (FoMA) at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum on Thursday, June 4, at 6 p.m., for a conversation with award-winning German photographer Mark Römisch — the first in a series aimed at deepening our understanding of cultural impulses in the world around and within us.

Mark’s presentation will feature photographs from his upcoming book Bauhaus New England – Portraits of an Architectural Legacy that examines modernist houses connected to the Bauhaus Movement in dialogue with the New England landscape. Mark views architectural photography not just as an exercise in documentation but as a poetic exploration of built spaces and the natural environment around them.

Mark received an M.A. in German Literature, Communication, and Computer Linguistics from Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, and holds a BFA in Acting and Theatre. He has taught German language, literature, and culture at Wellesley College, Northeastern, and at MIT, where he received the Ruth Levitan Teaching Award. He currently teaches at Harvard.

The series will continue in the fall with an invitation to meet with artists to see what they see and hear what they hear, followed by discussion and an opportunity to interpret and explore the connections which bring us together in cultural understanding. We look forward to welcoming you to the conversation.