Since 2009, Britt Salvesen has served as the Department Head and Curator of the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography, and the Department Head and Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Salvesen previously served as Director and Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson (2004-2009). Among the numerous exhibitions she has curated are The Sun and Other Stars: Katy Grannan and Charlie WhiteLee (LACMA, 2012) and Friedlander: American Monuments (Center for Creative Photography, 2008). Presented in conjunction with the Columbia College Chicago Photography Department.
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Panel discussion held at The AIPAD Photography Show New York on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 12 p.m.
The 1975 exhibition, New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape, signaled the emergence of a new approach to landscape photography emulated by generations of photographers. A new version of this seminal exhibition is currently touring eight international venues. This discussion focuses on the impact of both exhibitions and the role of landscape photography today.
Moderator: Rick Wester, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York / Panelists: Frank Gohlke, Artist; Alison Nordström, Curator of Photographs, George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, NY; Britt Salvesen, Department Head and Curator, Photography Department, Prints and Drawings Department, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
