An interesting digest by Rahnuman Ahmed on Shahidul Alam’s blog including a seminar at the recent Chobi Mela (International Festival of Photography) in Bangladesh called ‘Engaging with photography from outside: An informal discussion between a geographer, an editor and a curator/funder of photography’. One of the panelists, David Campbell, a professor of cultural and political geography, raises the point that there is currently too much focus on the meaning and ‘truth’ of the image, and not about their effect and function. We should not invest ‘too much possibility’ in the single image. The effect of visual images needs to be investigated rather than assumed. It should be ‘understood as being part of a network of materials…’. For more of David Campbell’s work looking at the function of photography on issues such as famine, HIV/AIDS and Atrocity/Memory click here.
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