Curator of photography Gregory Harris joins Joe and Matthew at a special location to talk curation, types of photography, museum culture, and the ins and outs of such institutional challenges as wall text.
Specifically, they examine social documentary and the differences among related genres. Technology shifts across decades are put into context. “Film vs Digital” is observed as a minor inflection point.
Of course, all of this requires the splitting of hairs. Gregory turns out to be a dog guy. The phrase “geometric dislocation” is introduced into the Brain Fuzz lexicon.
(Un)required Resources for Episode 49

* Second Self Brewery
* Marcia Wood Gallery
* Chris Verene
* Gelatin silver process on Wikipedia
* Digital photography on Wikipedia
* Diane Arbus on artnet
* Garry Winogrand at Fraenkel Gallery
* “Long Before Photoshop, the Soviets Mastered the Art of Erasing People from Photographs — and History Too” on Open Culture
* Robert Capa’s Death of a Loyalist Soldier on Artsy
* “Version Control Isn’t Just for Programmers” on OpenSource.com
* Marilyn Minter
* “You Press The Button, We Do The Rest” on Wikipedia
* “Depth of Focus” by Chris Wiley in Frieze
* Mathew Brady bio at Battlefields.org
* “8 Bold Biohacks That Blur the Line Between Human and Machine” at Digital Trends
* “The Revolt Against Google Glassholes” in The New York Post
* Paul D’Amato
* Edward Burtynsky
* Robert Frank at the International Center of Photography
* Contact High: A Visual History of Hip Hop at Amazon
* Gordon Parks bio at The Gordon Parks Foundation
* David LaChapelle
* Deana Lawson at Rhona Hoffman Gallery
* Curran Hatleberg
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