Andreas Gursky
The Rhine II (1999)
© Courtesy Monika Sprueth Galerie, Koeln/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
and DACS, London 2005
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Session 4: Photography
and Social Space
In an era of increasingly global capitalist
production, photographers have become more and more preoccupied
with documenting social spaces. Steve Edwards’ talk considers
the work that has emerged from both the documentary tradition and
the legacy of conceptual art. He argues that the kinds of places
represented in this work represent a substantial challenge to one
of the central myths of globalisation theory - namely, that the
world is increasingly becoming the same.
Speaker: Steve Edwards, Research Lecturer,
Department of Art History, The Open University
Session 4 Webcasts:
Steve Edwards 56k (Real Media stream)
Steve Edwards 256k (Real Media stream)
Suggested Further Reading
- Steve Edwards, 'Photography Out of Conceptual
Art', Gill Perry and Paul Wood eds, Themes in Comtemporary
Art, Yale University Press, 2004, pp137-180.
- John Roberts, 'Photography and the Social Production
of Space', Imago 2001: Encentros de Fotografia y Video,
Salmanaca, 2002, pp.134-137.
- Allan Sekula, Fish Story, Richter Verlag,
1995.
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