The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Ancient Vestry

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Program Information

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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The Ancient Vestry

William Henry Fox Talbot (British, 1800–1877)

Date:: 1845
Medium:: Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions:: 16.4 x 20.7 cm (6 7/16 x 8 1/8 in. ) irregular
Classification:: Photographs
Credit Line:: The Rubel Collection, Gift of William Rubel, 2000
Accession Number:: 2000.657

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