Missouri-based photographer Scott McMahon speaks in the History Museum auditorium on “Pinhole Photography—Projections, Contraptions, Thoughts and Afterthoughts," an event in support of the exhibit Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography. McMahon, whose work is included in the exhibit, will talk about his exploration of pinhole photography, his interest in the ephemeral nature of things, and how building subject-specific cameras helped him link two-dimensional images with sculpture and installation. In the museum auditorium. Free. (Learn more about McMahon at his website: www.scottmcmahonphoto.com/.)