HomePhotography and capitalism - Institut national d'histoire de l'art - INHA
Photography and capitalism - Institut national d'histoire de l'art - INHA
Photographie & Capitalisme
Institut national d'histoire de l'art - INHA
Published on Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Abstract
Historiquement présentée comme un « art pour tous », la photographie est associée aux valeurs démocratiques. Qu’en est-il, cependant, de ses relations avec le capitalisme dont elle est contemporaine ? Sur le plan économique et culturel, la production des photographies met-elle en jeu des valeurs différentes de celles que lui attribuaient les promoteurs de l’invention au XIXe siècle ? Associée au monde des images, aux enjeux politiques du pouvoir, aux formes de propagande et à une société de consommation, la photographie n’est pas étrangère aux débats sur l’aliénation et les dérives du capitalisme. Il est temps d’ouvrir le chantier d’une étude poussée des relations entre la photographie et le système capitaliste, et d’analyser les ambiguïtés d’un médium toujours dépendant des pratiques et des usages.
Announcement
Study Day - Photography & Capitalism - Saturday 20th May 2017
Presentation
Historically described as an "art for all", photography is associated with democratic values. But what about its relations with the capitalism of which it is contemporary? On the economic and cultural level, does the production of photographs involve different values from those attributed by the promoters of its invention in the 19th century? Associated with the world of images, the political stakes of power, forms of propaganda and a consumer society, photography is not unconnected with the debates on alienation and the excesses of capitalism. It is time to open the field of a thorough study of the relations between photography and the capitalist system and to analyze the ambiguities of a medium dependent on practices and customs.
The study day is considered as a starting point for joint research. The papers will focus on the links between photography and capitalism in the 20th century, not only in its economic, but also as a political and ideological dimension. It is from a new angle that the paradoxes of an art maintaining an ambiguous relationship with the capitalist system will be confronted, accentuating its dominance or nourishing its contestation.
You are all warmly invited to come and take part in our exchanges.
Scientific commette
- Prof. Michel Poivert,
- Camille Balenieri,
- Guillaume Blanc,
- Taous Dahmani
- Isabella Seniuta
Free admission, limited seating available
Galerie Colbert, National Institut of Art History (INHA), Salle Jullian, 1st floor, Métro Bourse, 2, rue Vivienne 75002 Paris
Contact : photographiecapitalisme@gmail.com
Subjects
- Modern (Main category)
- Mind and language > Representation > Cultural history
- Mind and language > Representation > History of art
- Periods > Modern > Twentieth century
- Mind and language > Representation > Visual studies
Places
- Galerie Colbert, National Institut of Art History (INHA), Salle Jullian,1er étage, 2, rue Vivienne 75002 Paris
Paris, France (75)
Date(s)
- Saturday, May 20, 2017
Attached files
Keywords
- Photographie, Capitalisme, Image, Histoire de la photographie, Journée d'étude, Sorbonne
Contact(s)
- Taous Dahmani
courriel : photographiecapitalisme [at] gmail [dot] com
Reference Urls
Information source
- Taous Dahmani
courriel : photographiecapitalisme [at] gmail [dot] com
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Photography and capitalism - Institut national d'histoire de l'art - INHA », Study days, Calenda, Published on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, https://calenda.org/404816
