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Faking It Symposium: The Apartments

Program information

The symposium "Truth, Lies, and Photographs" was presented in conjunction with the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop, on view October 11, 2012, through January 27, 2013. In this talk, Artist Nancy Davenport discusses her artwork, including The Apartments, a series of photographs whose interpretation changed after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Davenport's artwork includes screensavers, animations, and manipulated photographs.

Part Seven of Seven

Recorded November 2, 2012

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This program is made possible by Joyce Frank Menschel.

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In Memoriam

Edward J. Steichen (American (born Luxembourg), Bivange 1879–1973 West Redding, Connecticut)

Date:: 1901, printed 1904
Medium:: Gum over platinum print
Dimensions:: 49.8 x 40.3 cm. (19 5/8 x 15 7/8 in.)
Classification:: Photographs
Credit Line:: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1933
Accession Number:: 33.43.48

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