Is Photography Over?

SFMOMA posed this question to a group of well known critics, curators, theorists and artists who will convene later this month at the museum. You can read their brief initial responses by clicking the links below...

(Below content from SFMOMA)

Overview

Unknown Untitled [Man reflected in mirrors], n.d.; photograph; gelatin silver print; Collection SFMOMA, Gift of Gordon L. Bennett;

SFMOMA has been collecting and exhibiting photographs since the museum's founding in 1935 and is dedicated to the examination of the medium in all its forms. This major symposium on the current state of the field is the first in a series of public programs on photography. The texts below reflect the initial responses of 13 invited participants to the symposium's central question: Is photography over? The discussion begun here will continue on April 22 and 23, when the participants will convene at SFMOMA for a series of public and private conversations on the current state of the medium.

Participants

Vince Aletti George Baker Walead Beshty Jennifer Blessing Charlotte Cotton Philip-Lorca diCorcia Geoff Dyer

Peter Galassi Corey Keller Douglas Nickel Trevor Paglen Blake Stimson Joel Snyder