Panel Discussion: Thursday, May 31, 6:00 – 7:30pm, Free
Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library, Lower Level, 100 Larkin Street (at Grove)
Are we all photographers now?
What does it mean to be a "photographer" when there's a camera in every phone and photos can travel the globe with the click of a button? Join this panel of artists and experts for a lively conversation about the art and practice of photography in the brave new digital age.
Moderator: Thom Sempere, Executive Director, PhotoAlliance
Panelists: J.D. Beltran, Artist
Caterina Fake, Co- Founder, Flickr
Deanne Fitzmaurice, Photojournalist /Pulitzer Prize recipient
San Francisco Chronicle
Derek Powazek, Founder/Editor*, JPG Magazine
* http://powazek.com/posts/534
The exhibition this is part of, Breakthrough: An Amateur Photography Revolution, is up through June 16th. Details at the link below
Official Website: http://www.sfacgallery.org/exhibitions_detail.fsp?id=304053
Added by srhodes on May 15, 2007
Thanks.
There are also a couple of video of Derek at the Lift conference and on a panel for the photo exhibit
http://powazek.com/posts/538
It was a great show. Love the comments about Derek & Heather's honeymoon and the instant real-time commentary by the Flickr Republic.
thomas.purves
It's a good show and discussion. Here's my flickr shots from the same event held earlier this year in Lausanne: http://flickr.com/photos/thomaspurves/tags/noussommestousphotographe/
Very sorry about the news Derek :(