This lecture was presented in part by Pier 24 Photography (http://www.pier24.org/) which supports the CCA Photography lecture series by contemporary artists working primarily in photography;
Filmed March 30, 2011, as part of CCA's Photography Lecture Series, in Timken Lecture Hall on the San Francisco campus of California College of the Arts;
Given the nature of contemporary art practice, the condition of visual culture, the advent of new technologies, and many other factors, what is at stake today in seeing something as a photograph? What is the value of continuing to speak of photography as a specific practice or discipline? Is photography over? In April 2010, SFMOMA convened a range of major thinkers and practitioners to write brief responses to this question and to convene for a two-day summit on the state of medium.