Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Karen's interests are wide. My interaction with her was about the Blad's. I had not realized ( I don't think) that she was a leica user. Have fun if you go. Reports would be great. Alastair >>From the NYLUG Committee: > To the LUG: > > > NYLUG '10: Colloquium in Photography > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > 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: > -- Make Check out to -- > RUBIN MACKAY NYLUG CFA > > -- SEND CHECK to -- > RUBIN MACKAY INTERNATIONAL LAW PC > 303 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 1109 > NEW YORK, NY 10016 > > OR > > -- Paypal -- > Please email Chris Saganich. > chs2018 at med.cornell.edu > > Please email me if you wish to attend. > > > Cheers, > John > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >