Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/25
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NYLUG '10: Colloquium in Photography
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Photoethnography, Visual Anthropology, and the Leica
The invention of the first Leica camera in 1913 ushered in new
possibilities for naturalistic photography. Heavy tripod-mounted
wooden cameras could be replaced by Oskar Barnack?s pocketable little
brass wonder. Dozens of bulky film plates could be exchanged for a
single interchangeable film cartridge. New vistas for street and
field photography were opened up. Anthropologists were early adopters
of this technology to bring back images from across the world. It is
remarkable that almost a hundred years later we are still using the
same film in much the same film cartridge that Oskar Barnack
originally developed.
Karen Nakamura is a cultural and visual anthropologist of Japan.
An assistant professor of anthropology at Yale University, she has
written an award-winning ethnography titled Deaf in Japan. She is
known as the creator of the website Photoethnography.com and has also
filmed and edited two ethnographic films.
In this presentation, Karen will be talking about how the history of
visual anthropology, how she uses her Leica cameras in her fieldwork,
and share some of the photographs that she has taken in Japan,
Malaysia, China, and the United States.
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Place:
School of the International Center of Photography
1114 Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue and 43rd Street)
New York City
Date and Time:
Saturday, May 22 at 5:30PM
Registration Fee (Must be received by us no later than Monday, May10):
$30
Payment:
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RUBIN MACKAY NYLUG CFA
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RUBIN MACKAY INTERNATIONAL LAW PC
303 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 1109
NEW YORK, NY 10016
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Please email Chris Saganich.
chs2018 at med.cornell.edu
Please email me if you wish to attend.
Cheers,
John