Aaron Hegert

Aaron Hegert is an Associate Professor of Photography at the School of Art, Texas Tech University, and a Fulbright Scholar (Paris 2008). He holds an MFA in Photography from Indiana University (2014) and a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute (2007).

His research explores intersections of photography, digital media, and environmental discourse. Key projects include Sun Stroke at Plaza Blanca (2022), which uses algorithmic composites to challenge romanticized landscape perceptions, and Shallow Learning, where AI tools like Google's image search and Photoshop reconstruct visual meaning through machine-human collaboration.

• Exhibited at institutions like the International Center of Photography and Wilhelm Hack Museum
• Co-founder of Everything Is Collective and director at CO-OPt Research and Projects
• Recipient of the 2008-2009 Fulbright Fellowship

Hegert’s awards include being shortlisted for the Anamorphosis Prize (2016). His work has been published in collections at MoMA and the Franklin Furnace Archive. He resides in Lubbock, Texas, and leads courses on photography and ecological art at TTU.