Jessica Werneke: "Sovetskoe Foto and De-Westernizing Photography Theory"
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Russian, East European and Eurasian Center
- Location
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St.)
- Date
- Feb 24, 2023 3:30 pm
- Contact
- Danielle Sekel
- dsekel2@illinois.edu
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The history of photographic theory in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is often preoccupied with “Western” criticism and arguments. Yet, this criticism has ignored the development of photographic theory in the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s. In this REEEC New Directions Lecture, Dr. Jessica Werneke (University of Iowa) will discuss her research on the journal Sovetskoe foto and the stylistic and analytic discussions found therein.