The field of photography is constantly changing. Technologies, theories, and what constitutes a ‘photographer’ or a ‘photograph’ are prone to unending developments. In the last decade, this rapid transformation has only accelerated due to pervasive digitization. Paradoxically, one might say that photography is now in a similar place to where it was during the first few decades of its invention––a time when its emerging cultural significance quickly expanded due to innovative technological developments. Similarly, in the last two decades, we have seen an expanding definition of photography through the digital revolution, the Internet, and the accelerated stream of interest in new photographic processes and applications. Thus, it is important to reflect on this current moment – with the rapidly increasing permeation of photography throughout contemporary life – on what is the importance of photography as a specific medium or discipline from the perspective of a practitioner, user, pedagogue, technologist, historian, among others. Furthermore, how can we evaluate contemporary culture within the expanding photographic field while speculating the future of images? The Photographic Universe: A Conference will attempt to answer these questions through broad artistic, scientific, cultural, sociopolitical arcs to examine the implications of images in contemporary life.
March 2 – Art & Philosophy
- Chris Boot
- Charlotte Cotton
- Andrea Geyer
- Anne Collins Goodyear
- Susie Linfield
- Walter Benn Michaels
- David Reinfurt
- James Welling
- Penelope Umbrico
March 3 – Science & Technology
- Anthony Aziz
- Richard Benson
- Simone Douglas
- Michael T. Jones
- Trevor Paglan
- Ramesh Raskar
- Virginia Rutledge
- Julia Bryan Wilson
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