Framing the Presidency

The New School - Tishman Auditorium
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall
66 West 12th Street
New York City, New York

Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Free admission

Aperture Foundation at The New School
"Confounding Expectations, Photography in Context"
“Framing the Presidency”

"The Aperture Foundation, the Photography Department of Parsons, The New School for Design, and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School present a new season of panel discussions focusing on photography. The second event is “Framing the Presidency,” which explores the collision of photography, mass media, and politics in the 2008 presidential campaign and beyond. Artists and media experts share their experiences and explore the power of photography in constructing our image of the presidency.

With
Tim Davis, photographer
Robert Hariman, Chair of Communication Studies at Northwestern
University
Todd Heisler, Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist
David Scull, New York Times campaign picture editor photographer

[photo by Todd Heisler/The New York Times. Caption: "Clinton supporters at an event in Beaumont, Texas on Monday."]