Travis Dodd – Murmurs: The Fall
Archival Pigment Print. 78x116cm
2016
In the early 20th century, fashion and photography were indelibly wedded through the efforts of a number of photographers, fashion designers, and magazine publishers. Once these cultural power shapers created the form, fashion photography took on a life of its own and became—perhaps always was—art.
This art form has since been elevated to heights such that being a fashion photographer can be seen as very important chapter in many well-known photographers’ career: designers rely on them; models request them; magazines use their work: celebrities choose them for shoots; and the power they have to represent others is beyond compare in today’s, 21st century image-driven world.
Our Global Fashion and Photography event aims to examine the dynamics of Fashion and Photography in all its permutations. In a world in which globalisation has transformed virtually the entire globe, and people the world over are getting into the game, the intersections created at the nexus of these two modes of representation are paramount. They involve cultural, social, commercial, artistic, financial, and political issues, and from the bottom to the top can determine power relations, careers, sexual norms and deviance, and more.
Unlike other conferences or gatherings, our Event proposes to step outside the traditional conference setting and offer opportunities for photographers, designers, practitioners, theorists, independent scholars, academics, performers, writers, and others to intermingle, providing platforms for interdisciplinary interactions that are fruitful and conducive to broadening horizons and sparking future projects, collaborations, and connections.
Activities
Conferences
Fashion and Photography: 2nd Global Interdisciplinary Project
Friday 8th July 2022 – Saturday 9th July 2022
Athens, Greece
Submissions are now open.