Evaluating the Photography of Fact: Document, News, and Art, 1850-2000
In conjunction with the exhibition Ben Shahn’s New York: The Photography of Modern Times
This three-day conference presents a broad spectrum of vantage points on documentary photography and photojournalism, both current and historical. Speakers include Harold Evans, author, The American Century; Vicki Goldberg, photography writer for the New York Times; Deborah Martin Kao, cocurator of the exhibition; James Nachtwey, photographer; and Alan Trachtenberg, Professor of English and American Studies, Yale University, among many others.
Organized by the Appraisal Studies Program in Fine and Decorative Arts, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, New York University