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Photo Archives VIII in retrospect: Video Recordings

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Building on the ongoing Photo Archives conference series, this event aims to examine and reflect on the practices and ideologies of digital photo archives within the framework of the recent history of photography. The conference took place May 5-7, 2022 at the University of Basel and was organized by Estelle Blaschke (s/f/m Department for Media Studies at the University of Basel) and Costanza Caraffa (Head of the Photothek, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max Planck Institute) in cooperation with eikones – Center for the Theory and the History of the Image.

The organizers wish to thank the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Kress Foundation for their support. All recorded sessions can be accessed and watched in this digital archive here.