Category: Photography
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The Past Revisited
Currently, the Australian Center for Contemporary Art is looking back at its exhibition history with a series of video lectures that examine how those shows came together and their impact. Twenty six years ago my photographs of individuals living with AIDS and HIV illnesses were included in this exceptional exhibit at what was then called…
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How to Read a Photograph: A Workshop for Writers
On Saturday, August 17, 2019 I will lead the workshop on How to Read a Photograph at Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference, Chicago. Writers collect and use photographs as records of facts and as inspiration. Getting it at a glance—that’s what we like about photographs. They are simple; they yield their information without a struggle; their language…
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Thank you, Allan Porter
A few months ago a curator from the Sprengel Museum in Hanover, German contacted me seeking information about several of my photographs that were own by Allan Porter, the editor of the influential editor of Camera, a Swiss magazine devoted to photography. He has published by work three times during Camera’s heyday. In connection to the exhibit And Suddenly…