You decide what duckrabbit talks about at Arles
Written by duckrabbitI’ve been invited to talk at this years Arles symposium. The theme for the day I’ll be talking at is ‘photography and social networks’.
The businessman/egomaniac in me says I should use the stage to make friends and sell the duckrabbit brand. Talk about how our work is saving the world film by film, getting us laid and laden down with awards, and making tonnes of money (JOKE).
The human in me says I should use the talk to explore how online social networks, and particularly how blogs like Prison Photography, David Campbell, Conscientious, DVAPHOTO, Spinning Head, The Travel Photographer, Reciprocity Failure, Colin Pantall (you get the message) have opened up debates about photography that only really existed in academic circles before.
I’m thinking particularly about the case of Marco Vernaschi’s child sacrifice photos that were withdrawn by The Pulitzer Centre on Crisis Reporting after it was pointed out to them just how mindbendingly fucked up Vernaschi’s methods had become.
So what do you reckon?
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Author — duckrabbit
duckrabbit is a production company formed by radio producer/journalist Benjamin Chesterton and photographer David White. We specialize in digital storytelling.
Discussion (4 Comments)
No question. The whole Pulitzer saga is really important to keep alive and inform about. So go for that issue, please.
Good luck!
Hi Jorn,
yes that’s my plan because really it only happened because you wrote about it and didn’t let go.
Cool, see you in Arles then! I’ll be pinning some “emerging photographers” pictures in the window of a pharmacy.
Lovely