Conversations on Collaboration in Photography

About The Event

MoCP presented a series of conversations exploring topics of authorship, representation, and the dissemination of information as they relate to the past, present, and future of photography.

After each conversation, guests were invited to explore the exhibition and engage with each other over light refreshments in the museum.

Schedule:

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Dawoud Bey and Leigh Raiford: The Photographed Person was Always There

Artist Dawoud Bey and author Leigh Raiford will explore the participation of the photographed person in portraiture, discussing the photographed person’s role in shaping their image and its meaning.

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Wendy Ewald and Eric Gottesman: Reshaping the Authorial Position

Photographers Wendy Ewald and Eric Gottesman will focus on ways artists place collaboration with the photographed person at the forefront of their process, and how they convey their partnership using text, staging techniques, or experimental exhibition platforms.

5:00pm– 6:00pm

Laura Wexler and Shawn Michelle Smith: The Living Archive

Scholars Laura Wexler (Yale University) and Shawn Michelle Smith (SAIC) will focus on artists who work with archives to expand fixed notions of history, and people who call for a reassessment of ownership and control over photographed people within archives.

6:30pm – 7:30pm

Teju Cole and Susan Meiselas: What Does It Mean to Look at These Photographs?

Authors and artists Teju Cole and Susan Meiselas will examine the complicated nature of viewing photographs, especially those depicting suffering and violence.

7:30pm – 9:00pm

Open Dialogue and Public Reception

Please join us in the museum for reflections on the conversations, viewing of the exhibition, and a light reception.