Category: Archive Photography
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ICP PhotoSLAM
On April 3, I presented the Pan America 1954 project in an ICP PhotoSLAM at ICP, the International Center of Photography. A PhotoSLAM is a format created by ICP faculty member Idris Soloman. It is a mix between The Moth radio hour and a poetry slam, with photography. Five or six photographers apply to present…
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Enjoying Archival Investigations
One of the interesting challenges I’m finding with this collection is determining where a given photo was taken. Needless to say location tagging didn’t happen on 35mm slides and metal frames don’t provide for written notes. Unfortunately we don’t have any slideshow write-ups and the order of the slides is also suspect after 70 years.…
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The Joy of Distractions
The problem is a classic one, simple to see, and basically impossible to avoid. You start digging into a project, trying to find something you’re sure is there, and realize you need to bring order to these other things that are tied to yet another thing. Of course, all of the things are fascinating in…