Presentation
Within the framework of Human, the tenth edition of the Prix Pictet at Fundación Proa, this seminar explores the multiple dimensions of contemporary photography: its expansion into the field of art, its role in journalistic and academic discourses, and its contribution to the production of knowledge and memory. Participants include Rodrigo Abd, Sarah Pabst, Tomás Cuesta, Daniel Merle, Cora Gamarnik, Natacha Pisarenko, and Mariana Nedelcu.
Participants: Rodrigo Abd – Sarah Pabst – Tomás Cuesta – Carlos Masotta – Daniel Merle – Natacha Pisarenko – Mariana Nedelcu – Cora Gamarnik
As part of the Human exhibition of the Prix Pictet at Fundación Proa, this seminar—held across two sessions in October and November—offers an overview of some of the most relevant practices in documentary photography and photojournalism, and their connections with contemporary artistic practices.
Led by renowned Argentine photographers and artists with national and international recognition, the program invites participants to reflect on photography as discourse, source, testimony, and aesthetic construction—questioning current modes of producing visuality, as well as the ways images are captured and processed within cultural and social narratives. The seminar also proposes a discussion of methodological and theoretical approaches, as well as practical case studies, concerning the use of journalistic, artistic, and archival photographs in academic, journalistic, and communication projects.
The seminar is aimed at photographers, researchers and scholars of photography, art, the humanities, and the social sciences; journalists; curators; cultural managers; and professionals who work with photographic material.