In a contemporary media landscape saturated with manipulated images and distorted narratives, the power of the photograph to pierce the scrim of received and contrived accounts  of history has never been so vital—or so contested. The proliferation of artificial intelligence is transforming the field of photojournalism, blurring the line between documentation and fabrication and raising urgent questions about authenticity, trust, and the authority of the photographic image.  

The stakes of photography’s claim to documentary fidelity are evolving as quickly as the realities it seeks to represent, challenging conventions of historiography and posing new questions of the power of representation to photographers and archivists alike. Join us for a conversation with archaeologist Nam Kim (University of Wisconsin–Madison), curator and archivist Kristen Lubben (Magnum Foundation), and artist Accra Shepp (MacDowell), moderated by Sean Buffington (Henry Luce Foundation). Together they will explore the impact of archives and photography on public memory and interrogate the limitations and importance of importance of safeguarding the documentary record. 

Monday, September 30th | 6:30 to 7:45 PM 
MacDowell New York | 521 W 23 St | New York, NY 1001
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