TALK - Bearing Witness: Five New York Times Photojournalists

In the frame of the exhibition Hard Truths: An exhibition of prize-winning photography from The New York Times 

Arthur Ollman, curator of the exhibition, has been a photographer for 53 years. He has had more than 25 one- person exhibitions in museums and galleries world-­?wide.  He has been part of more than 60 group exhibitions and his art is in many museums and both private and corporate collections. 

In 1983 he became the founding Director of the Museum of Photographic Arts, in San Diego, serving there for 23 years. He curated and organized more than 100 exhibitions. They have been seen in 9 countries and many great museums. He built a permanent museum collection of more than 7,000 objects and a research library of 27,000 volumes. He has written all or parts of 25 books, and numerous articles.

From 2006-­2011 he directed The School of Art, Design and Art History at San Diego

State University.  He is an Emeritus Professor of Art History and Photography at the same institution.  

From 2012 to the present Ollman has been the Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, an international organization based in Paris and Minneapolis, which creates and circulates major exhibitions, accompanied by beautiful catalogues, to museums on five continents.  

This talk concerns the work of the five New York Times photographers represented in the exhibition, but also covering a bit of the history of the reality and the lies surrounding accusations of "fake news."  It will also try to clarify how and why photography is so useful for propaganda and one possible solution.

Free - In English

Auditorium Cité - 3 rue Genistre L- 1623 Luxembourg

Photo : Ivor Prickett for The New York Times