Glimpses of Their Garden #1, 35mm Cyanotype, 2025, Hogan Seidel

Hogan Seidel

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, and 70mm film, 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), Artifact Small Format Film Festival (CA), and Athens International Film + Video Festival (US), among others.

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.

Past residencies include MASS MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, Walkaway House, 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.