PGY 4440c Topics Assignment: After seeing selections from the Jaffe Collection our possibilities for image making have broadened. The possibilities of combining film and digital images gives rise to thoughts about the future of photographic media. The below article is the second assigned reading for our class. Please read the article so that we can discuss it in class on 15 Feb., 2005. Even though the idea of postmodernism itself will be raised with later readings, this article should be a stimulus for thinking about your image making.

Postmoderism and the Future of Traditional Photography Most of us began by using the camera, lens, processing methods, and materials in a straightforward manner with silver images and only a nominal amount of traditional manipulation. However, for those who hope to exhibit or publish their work or subject it to critical review, there will eventually be the voice of the postmodernists to consider. What does that voice say about so-called "straight" or "modern" photography? What does it say about the idea of making original, personal images using traditional procedures in photography?