February 25, 2016, Getty Center, Los Angeles

Session 1: Photographic Objectivity?
Introductory remarks by Thomas W. Gaehtgens
Lecture by Joan M. Schwartz
Session Chair: Costanza Caraffa

Photographic reproductions of works of art have long been considered neutral documents capable of supporting the research methodologies of art history and other disciplines. Today, the neutrality of photography has been deconstructed; nevertheless, the rhetoric of objectivity continues to shape the uses of analog and digital photographs, which are deemed “evidence,” even if one is aware of the possibility of technical manipulation.

This symposium explores the relationship between photographic reproduction technologies, archival practices, and concepts of objectivity, with an interdisciplinary outlook and a focus on art history.

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