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Re-thinking Exhibition Space for Photojournalism
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Is there anysense in showing war pictures in the same gallery where the month before there was a fashion exhibition?
These days I am thinking that the place where pictures are on exhibition is as important as the pictures themselves.
I am from Italy and last year I visited the Frontline Club in London…A place JUST for journalism and photojournalism and that was great.
We are now exposed daily to hundreds of images and many of them have no or little impact on us. So in my opinion rethinking exhibitions space for photojournalism is truly important in order to have the best (= most intense, most real,...) message out of the pictures.
Since it’ s not that easy to have a frontline club in every country, do you have any other solution?
I would love to know your opinion.
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Niky Borghi
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Tue May 20 21:53:36 UTC 2008
(ed. May 20 2008)
Milan,
Italy
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Anyone else think it would be interesting to witness people’s reactions when they walk into a space, expecting to find a fashion exhibition, only to see the harsh realities of war? Might be worth it to capture an image of fashionistas looking at a giant war print.
Seriously, the space is what you make of it. If the environment is crass and shallow, serious photojournalistic images might make for a fantastic contrast. I might get a feel for who is running the place, then follow my gut reaction.
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I love Brian’s idea!, the old bait & switch. Lock the door and ‘make’ them absorb it, who’s know’s maybe afterwards some of them will put a ounce of there money and influence into something that really matters.. or maybe not.
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