About this Event
LOCATION:
Room IMA-307
School of Image Arts
122 Bond Street
Free admission. Registration required.
RSVP guarantees entry up to room capacity on a first-come, first served basis.
From the invention of photography, Black populations across the globe have been at the forefront of the technology’s innovation and social use. For many Black people living in the 19th and 20th centuries, photography served as a source of income, a platform for community building and political mobilization, and as a component of everyday interaction. Black use and innovation of the medium has long unfolded beyond the gaze and support of Western fine arts museums and universities. Furthermore, the history of photography is littered with universalisms that fail to capture the complex and diverse networks of circulation and innovation adopted by Black people.
Speakers:
Damarice Amao (Centre Pompidou)
Christine Barthe (Musée du Quai Branly)
Michele Pearson Clarke (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Sandrine Colard (Rutgers University/Kanal) & Giulia Paoletti (University of Virginia)
Julie Crooks (Art Gallery of Ontario)
Christine Eyene
Candice Jansen (University of the Western Cape)
David Jones (Northwestern University)
Luther Konadu
Mallory Lowe Mpoka
Prita Meier (New York University)
Eilin Perez (Cooper Union)
Daniele Queiroz dos Santos (Instituto Moreira Salles)
The symposium is organized by Dr. Drew Thompson, Associate Professor, Bard Graduate Centre, with support from Dr. Thierry Gervais, Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University and Head of The Image Centre’s Research Department.
Please let us know if we can make any accommodations to ensure your inclusion in this event by emailing [email protected].
A Black History of Photography is supported in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The project is a collaboration between The Image Centre at TMU, the School of Image Arts, and the F+PPCM program at the Creative School.
Image Credit: Griffith J. Davis, Going Through Coloured Entrance at Movie, Fox Theatre, Atlanta (detail), ca. 1948, gelatin silver print © Griffith J. Davis Photographs and Archives LLC. The Black Star Collection, The Image Centre.
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