Event Details

In the next of its regular symposia, the Developing Room hosts a discussion of the relationship between photography and evidence. What does the notion of evidence do to the practice, use and form of photography, particularly at moments when the medium’s veracity is called into question? How was the testimonial function of photography established in law and the popular imagination, and what sort of systems sustained or impugned it? What is the appropriate look of an evidentiary photograph both in the past and today?

Please note: This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required.

Schedule:

1:30-2:00pmReception with coffee and pastries

2:00-2:20pmAndrés Mario Zervigón, introduction

2:20-2:50pmJordan Bear, “Reasonable Doubt? On the ‘Resolution’ of Contradictory Photographs.”

2:50-3:20pmCatherine Zuromskis, “Feeling History: Evidence, Vernacular Documentation, and the Kennedy Assassination.”

3:20-3:50pmAngela Strassheim, “Evidence”

3:50-4:10pmGary Schneider, response

4:10-5:00pmDiscussion

Sponsored by the Center for Cultural Analysis, the Dean of the Humanities (Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences), and the Art History Department.