Photo Archives V: The Paradigm of Objectivity
Archival Program Information
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Symposium Videos
Day 1: Thursday, February 25, 2016
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
Day 2: Friday, February 26, 2016
9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Robert C. Ritchie Auditorium, The Huntington
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
Day 2: Friday, February 26, 2016
9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Robert C. Ritchie Auditorium, The Huntington
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Introductory Remarks and Session 1: Photographic Objectivity?
Introduction: Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Getty Research Institute
Session Chair: Costanza Caraffa, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz—Max-Planck-Institut
"Shared Vocabularies of Modernity: Photography, Archives, and the Paradigm of Objectivity"
Joan M. Schwartz, Queen's University, Ontario
Introduction: Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Getty Research Institute
Session Chair: Costanza Caraffa, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz—Max-Planck-Institut
"Shared Vocabularies of Modernity: Photography, Archives, and the Paradigm of Objectivity"
Joan M. Schwartz, Queen's University, Ontario
Session 1: Photographic Objectivity? (Continued)
Session Chair: Costanza Caraffa, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz—Max-Planck-Institut
"In Search of a True Likeness: Sir William Stirling Maxwell and the Photography of Art"
Hilary Macartney, University of Glasgow
"Documenting the War: Life Magazine's Coverage of World War II"
Melissa Renn, Harvard Business School
Discussion
Session Chair: Costanza Caraffa, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz—Max-Planck-Institut
"In Search of a True Likeness: Sir William Stirling Maxwell and the Photography of Art"
Hilary Macartney, University of Glasgow
"Documenting the War: Life Magazine's Coverage of World War II"
Melissa Renn, Harvard Business School
Discussion
Session 2: Using Photographs
Session Chair: Virginia Heckert, J. Paul Getty Museum
"An Archaeology of Seeing: Toward a Unified Theory of User Perspectives on Digitized Photographs"
Paul Conway, University of Michigan
"Personal and Institutional Photo Archives: Changing Subjectivities"
Glenn Willumson, University of Florida
Discussion
Session Chair: Virginia Heckert, J. Paul Getty Museum
"An Archaeology of Seeing: Toward a Unified Theory of User Perspectives on Digitized Photographs"
Paul Conway, University of Michigan
"Personal and Institutional Photo Archives: Changing Subjectivities"
Glenn Willumson, University of Florida
Discussion
Introductory Remarks and Session 3: Series and Archives
Introduction: Laura Stalker, The Huntington, and Jennifer Watts, The Huntington
Session Chair: Anne Blecksmith, The Huntington
"The (Not So Private) Photo Archives—The Photography of Art and Series of Popular Gallery Albums in the 1860s"
Friederike Maria Kitschen, Gerda Henkel Stiftung
"To Make a Case: Isabella Stewart Gardner's Archival Installations at Fenway Court"
Casey Riley, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Introduction: Laura Stalker, The Huntington, and Jennifer Watts, The Huntington
Session Chair: Anne Blecksmith, The Huntington
"The (Not So Private) Photo Archives—The Photography of Art and Series of Popular Gallery Albums in the 1860s"
Friederike Maria Kitschen, Gerda Henkel Stiftung
"To Make a Case: Isabella Stewart Gardner's Archival Installations at Fenway Court"
Casey Riley, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Session 3: Series and Archives (Continued)
Session Chair: Anne Blecksmith, The Huntington
"Photographic Albums as Archives of Palestinian History"
Issam Nassar, Illinois State University
Discussion
Session Chair: Anne Blecksmith, The Huntington
"Photographic Albums as Archives of Palestinian History"
Issam Nassar, Illinois State University
Discussion
Session 4: Photographic Evidence?
Session Chair: Jennifer Watts, The Huntington
"The Photograph as Historical Evidence in the Digital Age"
Martha A. Sandweiss, Princeton University
"Accidental Archives: The Elusive Visual Image in the Writing of History"
Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University
Session Chair: Jennifer Watts, The Huntington
"The Photograph as Historical Evidence in the Digital Age"
Martha A. Sandweiss, Princeton University
"Accidental Archives: The Elusive Visual Image in the Writing of History"
Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University
Session 4: Photographic Evidence? (Continued)
Session Chair: Jennifer Watts, The Huntington
"The View from Everywhere: Objectivity and the Photographic Archive"
Kelley Wilder, De Montfort University, Leicester
Discussion
Closing Remarks
Session Chair: Jennifer Watts, The Huntington
"The View from Everywhere: Objectivity and the Photographic Archive"
Kelley Wilder, De Montfort University, Leicester
Discussion
Closing Remarks