Urban Encounters: Photography, Ethnography and the City

A two-day conference, exhibition and workshop programme at Goldsmiths, University of London, bringing together international photographers, artists and academics to explore photography, ethnography and the experience of city life.

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Urban Encounters: Photography, Ethnography and the City was a two-day conference, exhibition and workshop programme held at Goldsmiths, University of London. It brought together international photographers, artists and academics working across photographic practice, visual research, urban sociology and cultural theory. Six conference panels explored urban landscapes, architecture, portraiture and identity, street photography, visual ethnography and emerging forms of urban photographic practice. Discussions considered how photography produces knowledge of place, represents changing cities, constructs identities and connects visual practice with social research. The programme also included an associated exhibition, photographic workshop and curated urban walks coordinated by Photofusion and the Centre for Urban and Community Research.

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