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Photographer as Witness: Proof Enough?

Series: Pictures of Resistance
Jill Vexler
Jill Vexler

Can photographs be trusted to tell the real story? Jill Vexler, Ph.D., will discuss the work she did while curating the exhibit Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman.

Vexler is a cultural anthropologist who specializes in curating museum exhibitions about world cultures.

This talk is scheduled to complement the concurrent Gallery exhibit Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman.

Please note these related Pictures of Resistance programs:

October 5, 4:00-5:30pm    Opening Remarks
Pictures of Resistance, Exhibit Opening

October 25, 5:30-7:00pm     Lecture
Poles and Jews During WWII: Beyond Martyrology

November 8, 7:00-8:30pm     Film
Defiance

November 15, 7:00-8:30pm     Lecture
The Lives of the Partisans in the Lipiczanska Forest

Event Details
Date:October 11th, 2011
Time:7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location:Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery in Room 100
Host Unit:
Gallery
Host Contact:
Karen Jordan
Sponsor Unit:
Gallery
 
Event Video
Jill Vexler

Jill Vexler, "Photographer as Witness: Proof Enough?"

Date: October 11, 2011
Running Time: 69:02
Series: Pictures of Resistance

Jill Vexler, Ph.D., discusses the work she did while curating the exhibit Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman. Vexler is a cultural anthropologist who specializes in curating museum exhibitions about world cultures.