International Symposium "The Colors of Photograpy"
in Honor of Dr. h.c. Kaspar M. Fleischmann
Friday, October 30, 2015
Museum Rietberg Gablerstrasse 15, 8002 Zurich
Auditorium, Park-Villa Rieter
6pm Opening Reception
Welcome Address
Dr. Albert Lutz, Director of the Museum Rietberg
Prof. Dr. Andreas H. Jucker, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UZH
Evening Lecture
Prof. Dr. Bettina Gockel, Institute of Art History, UZH
"The Colors of Photography or: The Invention of Black & White Photography"
7:15pm Apéro riche, Villa Wesendonck
Saturday, October 31, 2015
University of Zurich Building Rämistrasse 59, 8001 Zurich Auditorium, Room G01
10am Welcome Address
Prof. Dr. Michael Hengartner President of the UZH
Introduction
Prof. Dr. Bettina Gockel, Institute of Art History, UZH
10:45am Prof. Dr. Tanya Sheehan, Colby College, Maine
"Color Matters: Rethinking Photography and Race"
11:15am Discussion
11:45am Prof. Dr. Deborah Willis, New York University,New York
"Encounters with Color in Early Photography"
12:15pm Discussion
12:45pm Lunch Break in the Atrium, Rämistrasse 59
2pm Prof. Dr. Blake Stimson, University of Illinois, Chicago
"On Chromophilia and Chromo- phobia / Paul Strand as Jew"
2:30pm Discussion
3pm Dr. Kelley Wilder, Reader, DeMontfort University, Leicester
"Science, Art and the Business of Color Photography"
3:30pm Discussion
4pm Coffee Break
4:30pm Prof. em. Dr. Sally A. Stein, University of California, Irvine
"‘Pretty in Pink’ or ‘Pretty Poison’? Modern Color Photography‘s Market Sources & Environmental Consequences"
5pm Discussion
6:15pm Conference Dinner for Invited Guests at ETH Dozentenfoyer, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zurich
Panel with International Discussants:
Dr. Nanni Baltzer (Institute of Art History, UZH), Roger Salloch (Paris), Prof. em. Dr. Abigail Solomon-Godeau (University of California, Santa Barbara), Dr. Kim Timby (École du Louvre, Paris)
Concept and Organization:
Prof. Dr. Bettina Gockel, Chair for the History of Fine Arts, in collaboration with Dr. Nanni Baltzer and Dr. Sophie Junge, Center for Studies in the Theory and History of Photography
Institute of Art History
University of Zurich
Rämistrasse 73
8006 Zurich
Funded by the University of Zurich
Contact
E-mail: Sophieantonia.jungeuzh.ch Phone: +41 (0)44 634 58 95 www.photographyzurich.ch/colors
Reference:
CONF: The Colors of Photography (Zurich, 30-31 Oct 15). In: ArtHist.net, Oct 2, 2015 (accessed May 14, 2026), <https://arthist.net/archive/11153>.