This funded, collaborative research project began its life as “Photography and the Transnational Politics of Affect,” a networking project that linked photo scholars in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. In January 2012 we renamed this collaboration “The Photographic Situation Project,” after the work of Ariella Azoulay. Parts of our group are meeting in September 2012 in Toronto; in December 2012 at Rutgers; and in January 2013 at the Durham Centre for Advanced Photography Studies, Durham UK. We’ve produced a short document discussing what we mean by “the photographic situation,” which acts as a framing device for our work together; you can find it below, along with a list of participants and further information about the project.

A special issue of the journal Photography and Culture, edited by seminar members Thy Phu and Linda M. Steer, that addressed the historical and theoretical relationship between photography and affect.

A special issue of History of Photography, edited by seminar members Thy Phu and Matthew Brower, that addressed the changing interpretations of photographs as they circulate.