My article "Machines, Methods, and Humans: On the Production Line of Contemporary Photography" just published in Fotografija 35, no. 1 (2018). This is a special edition of the magazine, edited by Paul Paper.
Read moreJust published: new article "Seeing a Century Through the Lens of Sovetskoe Foto"
I'm thrilled to let you know about the recently published article, "Seeing a Century Through the Lens of Sovetskoe Foto," where I discuss some of the findings of my research of the history of the leading Soviet photography magazine, Sovetskoe Foto, which was published in Moscow, Russia, from 1926 to 1991.
Read moreI'm honored to speak at a social media research panel at the City University of New York
Earlier this spring I had the honor to present my research in a talk "The Networked Camera: Mapping the Universe of Instagram Photography" at the panel Social Media in Theory & Praxis: What Is at Stake Now? at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, on April 18, 2018.
Read moreExcited to speak at the international symposium Now Memories
I’m excited to present my latest research in the talk “The Family of Man (1955) and the Family of Photographers: Insiders and Outsiders of the Most Famous Photography Exhibition" at the international symposium "Now Memories" in Riga, Latvia, on April 13, 2018.
Read moreNew book chapter "The Selfie: More and Less than a Self-Portrait"
Just published! New book chapter is out: Alise Tifentale, “The Selfie: More and Less than a Self-Portrait,” in Moritz Neumüller, ed., Routledge Companion to Photography and Visual Culture (London, New York: Routledge, 2018), 44–58.
Read moreNew book chapter "Competitive Photography and the Presentation of the Self"
Hot off the press! New book chapter: Alise Tifentale and Lev Manovich, "Competitive Photography and the Presentation of the Self" in Jens Ruchatz, Sabine Wirth, and Julia Eckel, eds., Exploring the Selfie: Historical, Analytical, and Theoretical Approaches to Digital Self-Photography (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), 167-187.
Read moreWhat did I do in 2017?
"What you're working on these days?" people often ask, adding "I haven't heard from your for a while." To answer this question at least partly, here I quickly summarize some of my work from 2017 and outline some projects that are coming up in 2018. Happy and productive New Year!
Read moreMy novel included in a Latvian literature anthology in German
I am thrilled to see that a fragment of the German translation of my novel, Riga Warmth (2003), is included in an anthology of Latvian literature, published in Austria. The novel was published first in Latvian, as Rigas Siltums, in 2003. It was translated into German and published in Switzerland as Im Sog von Riga ten years later, in 2013.
Read moreTwo new research articles about photography in the 1950s
Hot off the desk! Just finished two new research articles for the January 15 deadline. These articles offer insights into two major photography exhibitions of the 1950s that have shaped the history of postwar photography - The Family of Man and Photokina 1956.
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