Elin O’Hara Slavick '88 is an artist, photographer, writer, and educator whose work explores history, memory, and the impact of war, particularly nuclear issues. She earned her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and her MFA in Photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she received the top MFA award. She taught at UNC Chapel Hill for 27 years, developing its darkroom and leading courses in conceptual and collaborative practices.
Her work has been exhibited internationally in over 40 solo and 150 group exhibitions, and is held in major collections including the Queens Museum, the Library of Congress, and the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of several books, including Bomb After Bomb: A Violent Cartography and After Hiroshima, and is the founder and co-founder of artist collectives addressing nuclear history and collaborative art practices.