Lecture
Lecture on Documentary Photography in Germany
The Goethe-Institut Philippinen in partnership with the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e. V. (ifa) is inviting everyone to a lecture on "Documentary Photography in Germany" this June 21 and 22 at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Manila and the De la Salle College of Saint Benilde.
The lecture spans an arc from the invention of photography until today following the documentary aspect of the medium from analog to digital reproduction.
Pre-digital photography is by its nature documentary. According to this, reality reproduces itself when it is portrayed in a photograph. This led to the idea of photography as “the pencil of nature”. Today, the starting point for photographic practice is no longer a faithful depiction of reality. However, this is not a negative development because one only needs to look at the history of photography to see that the long accepted premise that photography reproduces the truth was never more than a platform for individual creativity.
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