Photography possesses a certain built-in bluntness that can lend itself to images that are destabilizing and dryly funny.
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This Scottish exhibition is an ethereal, hypnotic showcase of artists who share a commitment to pursuing a more compassionate way of looking and being in a place.
War photos can have several, sometimes conflicting roles, ranging from evidence and testimony, to ‘trophies’ for the oppressor.
Two Philadelphia artists – a photographer and a performance poet – combine their shared passion for observing and documenting everyday life in the city.
If you’re a sucker for a black and white filter, think again, as new research shows colour images are preferred by most viewers.
Research finds photography can help older adults reconnect with their surroundings and their sense of self. The best part: anyone can do it, anywhere, anytime.
Salgado produced technically flawless, mesmerising images of some of the world’s harshest realities, from the gold mines of Brazil to the horror of the Rwandan genocide.
The poet obsessively collected images of himself, foreshadowing both the good and the bad of today’s selfie culture.
Selfie-editing technologies are leading some young people to want to start altering their physical bodies.
The solution demands two simple and clear actions: declare that photo manipulation has taken place and disclose what manipulation was carried out.
Editing any photo, anywhere, is cheaper and easier than ever. What does that mean for having ‘visual proof’ of something?
As the tide of AI ‘slop’ rises, it’s more important than ever to hone your reality-checking skills.
Making and analyzing art helps students learn English on a more personal and emotional level than traditional approaches do.
New exhibition The Face Magazine: Culture Shift explores the publication’s continuing legacy in the digital age.
A historian of artistic censorship sees chilling similarities to 19th-century anti-obscenity crusades.
In the violence’s worse periods there were up to two deaths on average a week.
Carol Jerrems worked primarily with black and white photography until her early death in 1980. Over 140 of her photographs are currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
14 people over 50 from diverse cultural backgrounds shared their hopes and fears of ageing through what their treasured photographs mean to them.
Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.
Max Dupain took the most iconic Australian photograph of the last century – Sunbaker, c. 1938. But our most famous photographer was far more complex than this sunny image suggests.
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Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, UNSW Art & Design, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer of Art History, Griffith University
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Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Photographer and creative director
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Lecturer in Design and Media Arts, University of California, Los Angeles; California Institute of the Arts
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Chief Curator, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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Honorary Associate Professor, School of Art and Design, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Macquarie University
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Oak Foundation Lecturer in History of Dress and Textiles, Courtauld Institute of Art
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University