Event Title
Imag(in)ing Pain: Social Reform Photography & the Transformation of Humanitarianism in Early Twentieth Century America
Start Date
8-4-2017 2:15 PM
End Date
8-4-2017 3:30 PM
Description
We’ll examine the early history of photography, from the Civil War through the progressive era, and its role in shaping public engagement with poverty, disease, and other social crises in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. How did this medium promote and/or reshape the meaning of humanitarianism and human rights in this period? How did the practice and professional ethics of photography evolve over this period? How did these changes reflect shifting understandings of poverty and human suffering among reformers and the larger public?
Imag(in)ing Pain: Social Reform Photography & the Transformation of Humanitarianism in Early Twentieth Century America
We’ll examine the early history of photography, from the Civil War through the progressive era, and its role in shaping public engagement with poverty, disease, and other social crises in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. How did this medium promote and/or reshape the meaning of humanitarianism and human rights in this period? How did the practice and professional ethics of photography evolve over this period? How did these changes reflect shifting understandings of poverty and human suffering among reformers and the larger public?