A destination that fosters discussion, research, and new approaches to the study and practice of photography in its relation to art, culture, society, and history.
Acknowledging that the invention of photography developed within a moving world, in the midst of ongoing political projects, is a necessary foundation to understand this medium’s everyday significance. Davis’s approach to photographic history is informed by scholarship that contextualizes photography within socio-political and colonial realities. When she teaches, she wants students to uncover how images work in society and how that is tied to power dynamics that formed centuries before photography was ever invented.
Photography Network welcomes submissions for its 2026 annual book prize that honors innovation in photography scholarship, expression, and dissemination. Due June 15th!
This symposium offers a platform for scholarship that investigates the adaptability of photography and photo history in the face of constraints, be them cultural, governmental, institutional, editorial, individual, or otherwise.
Please join us on April 24 at 12 PM EST as Louise Siddons reflects on her experience working in Laura Gilpin’s archive. She will discuss the way the archive’s origins, location, structure, past use, and modes of access shaped the stories she told in her publication Good Pictures Are a Strong Weapon—and her future research.
Would you like to chair or co-chair Photography Network’s sponsored session at next year’s College Art Association conference in New York?
Becoming a member supports the mission of Photography Network and gives you access to syllabi, grants, online resources, and funding for research and making.
Our members are active researchers, who publish and exhibit work frequently, in many forms. Stay up to date with their activities and celebrate their accomplishments!
We’re sharing online teaching resources with our community in the midst of COVID-19. See the “Online Resources” & “Recordings” tabs to check out what your colleagues have shared.
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