The Obsolescence of the Photographic Object

What does it mean when we no longer keep our photographs in shoeboxes and albums, but on the hard drives of our computers? What does it mean when we no longer experience photographs as physical objects, but rather images that reside on screens? This panel discussion addresses how our perception of photographic images has changed in the digital age – an age that is making obsolete the way images have been made and perceived for over a century. As our relationship to images is transformed, what are the things that are lost and gained from this transformation? These, and other questions, will be the central focus of this panel discussion. Moderated by Mia Fineman, curator of photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the panel discussion includes artists Leslie Hewitt, Miranda Litchtenstein and Mark Wyse. This event is part of the series Confounding Expectations: Photography in Context presented in collaboration with Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School and Parsons The New School for Design.