Forum on Contemporary Photography: Are new pictures possible?

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On the occasion of the exhibition Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear, this session reckons with a question posed by the artist: “Are new pictures possible?” Changing technologies expand the limits of vision, the social space of photography, and the ways images can be shared and understood. How might pictures disrupt entrenched forms of representation and offer alternative ones? The question holds open the possibility that pictures offer a poetics of relation—aesthetic and political—through sharing a consciousness of self and surroundings and visualizing transformative communities. This Forum on Contemporary Photography is organized by Roxana Marcoci, The David Dechman Senior Curator, and Caitlin Ryan, Curatorial Assistant, The Robert B. Menschel Department of Photography, MoMA. And the list of speakers: Sonia Boyce, artist Sara Cwynar, artist Zackary Drucker, artist Peter L. Galison, The Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of the History of Science and of Physics, Harvard University Ariel Goldberg, artist and writer Naima Green, artist Martine Gutierrez, artist Dionne Lee, artist Joiri Minaya, artist Tyler Mitchell, artist Zora J Murff, artist Phil Taylor, Assistant Curator, George Eastman House Wolfgang Tillmans, artist The Forums on Contemporary Photography are made possible through the generous support of the Joseph M. Cohen Family Collection. Subscribe for our latest videos, and invitations to live events: http://mo.ma/subscribe Explore our collection online: http://mo.ma/art Plan your visit in-person: http://mo.ma/visit Commit to art and ideas. Support MoMA by becoming a member today: https://moma.org/join The comments and opinions expressed in this video are those of the speaker alone, and do not represent the views of The Museum of Modern Art, its personnel, or any artist.  #art #museumofmodernart #moma #museum #modernart