2010
May 2010
Monday 3 May 2010
Mon 3 May, 11:30 am. 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, 10128. Alex Wittenberg, 212-423-3271. Jewish Museum - [email][events]
Daytime Lecture Series with Richard Turnbull Conscience and the Camera: The Rise of Social Documentary Photography 11:30 am Misery on Film: Jacob Riis and the Lower East Side Jacob Riis was a Danish immigrant who photographed the miserable living conditions of immigrants on the Lower East Side of New York in the late 19th century. His work will be discussed along with how his photographs ultimately improved tenement life.
Tickets: series: $45 / single lecture: $20
Single tickets can be purchased online.
Series tickets must be purchased via phone, please call 212.423.3337, Mon-Fri, 10am - 5pm.
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This lecture series explores the role of documentary photography as a force for social change beginning in the 19th century with the work of Jacob Riis. Later photography by Lewis Hine, who worked in the early part of the 20th century, and by contemporary South African photographer David Goldblatt round out the program.
Richard Turnbull is the Chair and Assistant Professor of Art History at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He is also a lecturer for The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.