hotoMidwest was founded in 1998 as the Center for Photography at Madison to provide a home for photographic advancement in Madison and southern Wisconsin. Renamed in 2014 to reflect members interest in the growing Midwestern photographic community, PhotoMidwest and our biennial PhotoMidwest Festival is a volunteer organization providing a rich mix of education programs, including formal classes and workshops, lectures, exhibitions, and a series of regularly scheduled informal meetings of members and guests to discuss myriad photography topics.