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<nettime-ann> [event] (IN)VISIBLE CONFLICTS - the crisis in photojournalism |
A N N O U N C E M E N T (IN)VISIBLE CONFLICTS - the crisis in photojournalism A day of lectures, presentations and discussion on war reporting in the media Wednesday, November 2, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. At: De Balie, Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 10, Amsterdam; or on-line: http://www.debalie.nl/live Organised by the Nederlands Foto Museum in cooperation with Paradox Foundation and De Balie The internationally lauded book Why Mister, Why? by photojournalist Geert van Kesteren makes at least one thing clear: we in the "West" have gotten to see extremely little of the conduct of the American army in Iraq. Van Kesteren's report on the collision between the soldiers bringing "freedom and democracy" and the Iraqi people is not only revealing and shocking, but it has also provided information about the situation on the spot, and has thus fulfilled a desperate need. That raises the questions of how it is possible that the majority of these images have hardly been seen in the Western media before and why for instance one could not escape images of the tsunami, while Darfur remained and remains largely invisible? What does the rise of embedded journalism, the "amateur" with his digital camera (Abu Ghraib!) or camphone, and the internet mean for the position of the photojournalist in international conflicts? What do they mean for the future of photojournalism in this context? What news media are still effective today, in 2005, when it comes to war and conflicts, and for whom do they work? What possibilities do photographers and other image-makers have in this context for bringing their work out, and who determines what appears in the news? Do art museums or other museums afford a stage for making contemporary questions such as international conflicts visible and stimulating discussion about them? Speakers: Susan Meiselas (photographer and guest lecturer, Faculty of the Arts/University of Leiden; USA), Mark Durden (Reader in History and Theory of Photography, University of Derby, UK), Hans Aarsman (photographer, writer), Geert van Kesteren (photojournalist), Prof. dr. Henri Beunders (Professor of History, Media and Culture, Erasmus University Rotterdam), Kari Anden-Papadopoulos (Research fellow, Dept. of Journalism, Media and Communication Studies, Stockholm University; S), Brigitte van der Sande (art historian and curator of the exhibition Soft Target: War as Daily, First Hand Reality (BAK, Utrecht)), Nico Haasbroek (journalist, former editor in chief, NOS Television News Journal), Bas Vroege (director, Paradox) and Edie Peters (teaches image editing, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, former chief photo editor, de Volkskrant). Place: De Balie, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, Amsterdam Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2005 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 17:00 p.m.(lunch from 1:00 - 1:45 p.m.) Admission: 15,- (incl. coffee/tea; excl. lunch); students 10 (incl. coffee/tea; excl. lunch) Reservations are strongly recommended: De Balie tel. +31 (0)20 5535100 (between 1:00 and 8:30 p.m.) You can also follow the program via the live stream: http://www.debalie.nl/live Links: Why Mister, Why? website: http://www.whymisterwhy.com/ Nederlands Fotomuseum: http://www.nederlandsfotomuseum.nl/ Paradox: http://www.paradox.nl/ De Balie Media: http://www.debalie.nl/media (with thanks to InfoWarRoom and the University of Leiden/Faculty of Arts) _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list nettime-ann@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann