photography as social practice

Photography As Social PracticeWith Dylan Yarbrough, Curatorial Assistant

Begins at Noon CST

What is the social power of photography today?

Google Search (Covid-19) May 5th, 2020

Collection Survey

Hine, Lewis. (American, 1874-1940), Ellis Island, 1905

Hine, Lewis (American, 1874-1940). Ellis Island, Italian Immigrants. 1905.

Lange, Dorthea (American, b.1895, d. 1965). Thirteen Million Unemployed Fill the Cities in the Early Thirties. 1934

Lange, Dorthea. (American, b.1895, d. 1965), Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agricultural workers. Meeting of the camp council. Farmersville, California. 1939

Wolcott, Marion Post (American, b. 1910). Alabama, March. 1939.

Lyon, Danny (American, b. 1942) March on Washington.1963.

Lyon, Danny ((American, b. 1942). Many in the movement believe an organized effort is underway to depopulate black areas of the South. 1963; printed 2010

Lyon, Danny ((American, b. 1942). Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing. 1963; printed 2010

“The world seldom believes the horror stories of history until they are documented.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Cowherd, Darryl (American, b. 1940). Imamu Baraka, Wall of Respect Portrait. 1967

Cowherd, Darryl (American, b. 1940). The Time Is Now. Woodlawn, Blackstone Rangers. 1966

Cowherd, Darryl (American, b. 1940). Stop White Police from Killing Us - St. Louis, MO. 1967

Meiselas, Susan (American, b. 1948). Fleeing the Bomb to Seek Refuge Outside of Esteli, from the "Nicaragua, 1981" book. 1978

Weston, Kurt (American, b. 1957). Night Clubbing.1983. printed 2018

Weston, Kurt (American, b. 1957). When the Storm Ends. 1986; printed 2018.

Kruger, Barbara (American, b. 1945). Don't Die for Love from Liz Claiborne: Women's Work. 1992

Jaar, Alfredo (American, b. 1956 Chile). Caritas, Real Pictures.1995

Ortiz, Carlos Javier (American, b. 1977 Puerto Rico). Block Party, Auburn Gresham, Chicago. 2009

Ortiz, Carlos Javier (American, b. 1977 Puerto Rico). Girls Dancing, Englewod, Chicago. 2008

Ortiz, Carlos Javier (American, b. 1977 Puerto Rico). Lil Al Vigil, Englewood, Chicago. 2008

Muholi, Zanele (South African, b. 1972). Tumi Nkopane, Kwathema, Spring, Johannesburg. 2010

Muholi, Zanele (South African, b. 1972). Nhlanha, Esther, Mofokeng, Thokoza, Johannesburg. 2010

Schalliol, David (American, b. 1976). Isolated Building Study 230. 2010

Schalliol, David (American, b. 1976). Isolated Building Study 558. 2010

Schalliol, David (American, b. 1976). Isolated Building Study 640. 2014

Iman, Omar (Syrian, b.1979). Untitled (Scarecrow) from the "Live, Love, Refugee" series. 2015

Iman, Omar (Syrian, b.1979). Untitled (I'm Afraid of the Blank) from the "Live, Love, Refugee" series. 2015

Iman, Omar (Syrian, b.1979). Untitled (There was only grass) from the "Live, Love, Refugee" series. 2015

Harrison, Kathryn (American, b. 1988). Untitled, Sarasota, Florida, from the "Blue-Stained Walls" series. 2017

Harrison, Kathryn. Untitled, Sarasota, Florida, from the "Blue-Stained Walls" series. 2017

Further Reading

Locating the Potential of Socially Engaged Photography, Broadsheet by Eliza Gregory

Locating the Potential of Socially Engaged Photography, Broadsheet by Eliza Gregory

Next Week: Recent AcquisitionsWednesday, May 13th at 12pm CST

With Madeline Heuer, Collections Assistant

This Week: Behind The Lens with Priya KambliFriday, May 8th at 12pm CST

Priya Kambli, Soha (Muma’s Photographs), 2019

Social Documentary

- Social documentary has its origins at the end of the 19th century- Henry Mayhew, Jacob Riis, and Lewis Hine- Camera as an instrument of accusation against social injustice- Draw public attention to ongoing social issues

Social Engaged Photography

- Simplicity of Collaboration - Complexity of Collaboration- Short Duration - Long Duration- Few Collaborators - Many Collaborators- Few Points of Exchange - Many Points of Exchange

Photography as Social Practice

- Simplicity of Collaboration - Complexity of Collaboration- Short Duration - Long Duration- Few Collaborators - Many Collaborators- Few Points of Exchange - Many Points of Exchange