#smithart

– EDWARD STEICHEN

**THIS IS WHAT 1 MILLION PHOTOS LOOKS LIKE** 

it's Erik Kesseler's exhibit, circa 2011 at the Foam gallery( in Amsterdam) showing more than a million photos, those of which were published on flikr in a day... ~~WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THAT!~

Did you catch Marvin Heiferman's lecture "Why We Look & What We See," Wednesday in the carroll room? The dude, a curator, writer and editor, was well versed in the scope and depth of the photo world. He just publishedPHOTOGRAPHY CHANGES EVERYTHING, a book demonstrating the malleability and fluidity of photography regarding interdisciplinary studies. His jist: "There is no single narrative of the medium.. People like myself are always trying to figure photography out, but photography has become a moving target... It's unruliness is what I'm interested in!"

His lecture spanned:

A. ease of digital imaging (1.3+ billion new photographs are published everyday on the internet through social media platforms.. HOLY TOLETO, batman) 

B. "the 'digital revolution' has been going on for 40 years." CHECK IT: the first DIGITAL camera, ever.

C. the underestimated and mighty weapon that is PORN (ey- anyone seen blue is the warmest color yet??)

D. much much more: http://click.si.edu/

And just in case you're still fixated on those million flikr pics, like me, here's another gem: