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Professor, Art History and Visual Culture, York University, Lead editor, Photography and Culture. Thinking about privacy and photography

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Fellowship | The Image Centre

2026 photo research fellowships now open. Come to Toronto to work with the amazing collections at TMUโ€™s Image Centre!

theimagecentre.ca/fellowship/

05.12.2025 13:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Ethics of Medical Photography Network Online Seminar Join us for the next online seminar! Date: Monday 8 December 2025 Time: 2-3.30 pm UK time Platform: Ms Teams ETHICS AND CONSENT IN MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY Speakers: Dr Arya Thampuran (Durham University...

The next Ethics of Medical Photography Network seminar will be on Mon 8 Dec, 2 pm UK time, online and we'll discuss a very hot topic: consent! We couldn't have better speakers: @duncanwilson78.bsky.social, Dr Chimwemwe Phiri and Dr Arya Thampuran. Book your place here: forms.gle/QUxL41SwixUH...

31.10.2025 11:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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24.10.2025 12:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
GEORGE WASHINGTON CORNER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE

"A Certain Interest in Curiosity": Manipulation in Early Medical Photography and the Erotics of Pathologized Viewing

Brynne McBryde, PhD
Collegiate Fellow
University of Maryland

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
5:30 pm Lecture
6:45 - 7:15 Social Gathering

In 1869 an innovative new medical journal the Photographic Review of Paris Hospitals (Revue photographique des hรดpitaux de Paris) made its debut. Unlike previous journals and textbooks, which relied on hand-made prints for illustrations, the Photographic Review published photographs taken in the Paris hospitals, touting their โ€œtruthโ€ and โ€œsuperiority to other visual mediums.โ€ What are we to make, then, of the fact that several of the photographs in the journal have quite clearly been manipulated? This talk looks carefully at the types of images that were published in the Photographic Review, the ways they were manipulated, and the dynamics of elite male social networks in nineteenth-century France to explore the motivations of the journalโ€™s editors and readers and how they have become sanitized by notions of medical objectivity today. Together, we will consider the role that pleasure played and plays in viewing and sharing images of extreme physical difference and what, if anything, separates medical looking from other forms of visual consumption.
Please be aware that this talk includes photographs of nude people, some featuring genitalia, whose level of consent is impossible to determine.

More information and registration here: https://www.raom.org/event-6111713

GEORGE WASHINGTON CORNER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE "A Certain Interest in Curiosity": Manipulation in Early Medical Photography and the Erotics of Pathologized Viewing Brynne McBryde, PhD Collegiate Fellow University of Maryland Wednesday, April 16, 2025 5:30 pm Lecture 6:45 - 7:15 Social Gathering In 1869 an innovative new medical journal the Photographic Review of Paris Hospitals (Revue photographique des hรดpitaux de Paris) made its debut. Unlike previous journals and textbooks, which relied on hand-made prints for illustrations, the Photographic Review published photographs taken in the Paris hospitals, touting their โ€œtruthโ€ and โ€œsuperiority to other visual mediums.โ€ What are we to make, then, of the fact that several of the photographs in the journal have quite clearly been manipulated? This talk looks carefully at the types of images that were published in the Photographic Review, the ways they were manipulated, and the dynamics of elite male social networks in nineteenth-century France to explore the motivations of the journalโ€™s editors and readers and how they have become sanitized by notions of medical objectivity today. Together, we will consider the role that pleasure played and plays in viewing and sharing images of extreme physical difference and what, if anything, separates medical looking from other forms of visual consumption. Please be aware that this talk includes photographs of nude people, some featuring genitalia, whose level of consent is impossible to determine. More information and registration here: https://www.raom.org/event-6111713

Our next Corner Society (and the last one of the season!) is on April 16!

Please join us (in person or online) to hear Brynne McBryde speak about her brilliant work on photographic manipulation in medical journals.

Wednesday, April 16, 5:30 pm, Rochester Academy of Medicine or online.

24.03.2025 16:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œEncoding the Image: How does AI affect the Future of Photo History?โ€ A conference at The Image Centre in Toronto, March 31 through Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Here is more:

theimagecentre.ca/symposium/im...

27.02.2025 07:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Annual Conference 2025 Photography, Value, History Photographic History Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK When: 16-17 June 2025 Where: Hybrid event, Online and at De Montfort University, Leicester. Fโ€ฆ

The call for papers for the annual Photographic History Research Centre conference is out! This year we're thinking through the many meanings of value. "Photography, Value, History", 17-18 June, hybrid. Send us your proposal by 10 Jan! photographichistory.wordpress.com/annual-confe... #PhotoHist

18.11.2024 11:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 28 ๐Ÿ” 19 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#41 Photo albums | View. Theories and Practices of Visual Culture CFP for 41 issue of View: Photoalbums

CfP for photo album fans ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
www.pismowidok.org/en/cfp/41-fo...

12.11.2024 15:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1