Syracuse University Library Associates will host acclaimed large-format photographer Howard Bond for its first program of the 2009-2010 season. Bond's lecture, entitled "Photography as Art: Trends since 1839" will take place on September 10th at 5:00 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons on the first floor of Bird Library and will be followed by a reception and book signing.
In his richly illustrated lecture, Howard Bond will trace the answers to the questions Who decides what constitutes art? Is a photograph art? A student of Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, and Brett Weston, Bond will present montages by famous photographers, in addition to his own work. He will discuss photography's relationship with major movements in the art world. The lecture will conclude with a discussion of recent digital techniques.
Syracuse University Library owns all 22 of Howard Bond's limited-edition portfolios of prints, which were donated to the Library in 2008 by alumnus Carl Armani '60. Bond's photographs have been exhibited in some 60 single-artist and 40 group shows, and examples of his work can be found in 34 permanent collections, including the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), the University of Michigan Museum of Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Bond is the author of two books, Light Motifs (1984) and White Motif: The Cyclades Islands of Greece (1991), and has contributed more than 100 articles to Photo Techniques magazine.
An exhibition of Bond’s work will be on display during the fall 2009 semester in the Special Collections Research Center gallery on the 6th floor of Bird Library, in conjunction with the Syracuse Symposium’s 2009 theme of “light”. The exhibition has been curated by Master of Fine Arts student Kelli Pennington ‘10. A catalog of the exhibition will be available for purchase and signing following the lecture.
Free event parking is available in Booth Garage, on the corner of Waverly Avenue and Comstock Avenue, one block from Bird Library.
