Publications
Ubiquity
Photography's Multitudes
From its invention to the internet age, photography has been considered universal, pervasive, and omnipresent. This anthology of essays posits how the question of when photography came to be everywhere shapes our understanding of all manner of photographic media. Whether looking at a portrait image on the polished silver surface of the daguerreotype, or a viral image on the reflective glass of the smartphone, the experience of looking at photographs and thinking with photography is inseparable from the idea of ubiquity—that is, the apparent ability to be everywhere at once. While photography’s distribution across cultures today is undeniable, the insidious logics and pervasive myths that have governed its spread demand our critical attention, now more than ever.
Contributors: Kate Palmer Albers, Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Maura Coughlin, Niharika Dinkar, Michelle Henning, Jacob W. Lewis, Mohammadreza Mirzaei, Joseph Moore, Derek Conrad Murray, Kyle Parry, Annie Rudd, Mette Sandbye, Catherine Zuromskis
Passages, Origins, & Margins
Gabriel Cromer, Walter Benjamin, and Photography's History
An essay on the bibliographic mysteries found in the writings of collector Gabriel Cromer and critical theorist Walter Benjamin, both of whom recognized photography as demanding a history. A contribution to The Cromer Collection of Nineteenth-Century French Photography (Yale, 2022). Now available for purchase!
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'A Compass of Repair': An Interview with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
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