The New School
Tishman Auditorium
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall
66 West 12th Street
New York, New York
(212) 229-5353


Thursday, September 17, 2009, 7:00 p.m.

Aperture Foundation at The New School presents Confounding Expectations - Photography in Context: Words Without Pictures

Aperture Foundation at The New School presents this panel discussion as part of the Confounding Expectations: Photography in Context series. This event is the first in series VI, celebrating the launch of the innovative Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) book project Words Without Pictures, which documents roughly one year of conversations about the most pressing issues shaping contemporary photography.

Featuring moderator Charlotte Cotton, curator and Head of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, LACMA; and panelists Alex Klein, artist and Ralph M. Parsons Curatorial Fellow in the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, LACMA; Matt Keegan, artist and editor of North Drive Press; David Reinfurt, graphic designer and co-founder of Dexter Sinister; Denise Wolff, Aperture Editor, plus special guests including Fia Backström, Johanna Burton, Melissa Catanese, Sarah Charlesworth, Moyra Davey, Darius Himes, John Lehr, Miranda Lichtenstein, Arthur Ou, Ed Panar, Laurel Ptak, and others to be announced.



Copies of Words Without Pictures will be available for purchase at a special discount.



http://www.newschool.edu/eventDetail.aspx?id=30898


Admission:
Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served




The lecture series is presented with generous support from the Kettering Family Foundation and the Henry Nias Foundation. The program is made possible in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.