13/04/2026
On Saturday, we had a full house at the International Center of Photography, New York, with an engaged audience and eminent scholars, artists and practitioners, who came together for the latest iteration of ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ด๐ช๐ข to discuss emerging forces and tensions within lens-based culture.
Following introductions by David Campany, along with co-chairs Debashree Mukherjee and Rahaab Allana, the day-long symposium hosted two panel discussions, in which scholars presented ideas from their past and upcoming research, meditating on the central theme of displacement through speculative temporalities, new media, the aesthetics of labour, and the politics of image-making. Each session was followed by an artist presentation that highlighted photographyโs mediating, multi-sensory, and affective reflections on history and visuality.
๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ด๐ช๐ข: ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด was presented by and generously supported by , marking the bicentennial of photography. Co-organised by the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts with .