The View from Here: L.A. and Photography (Symposium Part 1)
May 31, 2014 Getty Center, Los Angeles 2014 marked the 175th anniversary of the announcement of photography’s invention. Organized to commemorate that occasion, this symposium addresses the more recent history of photography, with particular attention to how Los Angeles has taken part over the past twenty-five years. Topics of discussion range from photographic education in Southern California institutions and Los Angeles as a photographic subject to critical perspectives on photography’s future in terms of exhibitions, collections, and artistic practices. This event was sponsored by the Getty Museum Photographs Council (GMPC). Established in 2005, the GMPC supports the Department of Photographs of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Funds from the GMPC assist the Museum with the acquisition of modern and contemporary photographs, as well as educational programming. Introductory remarks Timothy Potts, director, J. Paul Getty Museum Keynote: Looking Back at Photography George Baker, associate professor, University of California, Los Angeles youtu.be/XMsJA2z-JzY?t=5m7s An Education: Teaching and Studying Photography in L.A. Panelists: Jo Ann Callis, photographer and teacher, California Institute of the Arts Robbert Flick, photographer and professor, University of Southern California John Divola, photographer and professor, University of California, Riverside James Welling, photographer and professor, University of California, Los Angeles Moderator: Anne Wilkes Tucker, Gus and Lyndall Wortham curator of photography, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston youtu.be/XMsJA2z-JzY?t=50m19s The View from Here: L.A. and Photography Part 1: youtu.be/XMsJA2z-JzY Part 2: youtu.be/-COkpjThhPo Part 3: youtu.be/gbeHnYIOa24
