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Street Photography
March 27, 2008
Lisa Kurzner independent scholar

Photography expert Lisa Kurzner leads a discussion on Through the Spyglass: Politics and Play in Street Photography, 1960 to the Present. The conversation covers the history of street photography and its place in the political landscape of the Vietnam era. Kurzner discusses Garry Winogrand, Susan Meiselas and Danny Lyon, as well as ideas of surveillance and voyeurism in photography.

Art & Architecture
1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | Art History | Photography | politics | surveillance | Vietnam era | voyeurism
PBA
High Museum of Art
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