Le monde des images, les territoires de la photographie (The world of images, the sites of photography)

Issue nr. 7 of Le Recherche photographique is dedicated to the
symposium 'Le monde des images, les territoires de la
photographie', organised by Paris Audiovisuel, in the context of
the Mois de la Photo, Paris (26-27 November 1988). The magazine
contains all the lectures given, and some of the discussions
that took place. The first part of the symposium dealt with
philosophical and art-historical questions. Lectures by
photography critic Régis Durand: La force de l'évidence
(Conclusive Force); aesthetics professor Thierry de Duve: I want
to be a machine; philosopher Mario Costa: Photographie et
phénoménologie de la présence (Photography and the phenomenology
of presence). The second part of the symposium discussed
developments in scientific imagery/photography and the effects
of computer-based graphics. Lectures by: physics professor
François Becker: L'image dans le monde scientifique (Images in
science); medical professor Emmanuel Cabanis: Images nouvelles
de l'anatomie; architect Alain Renaud: De l'image numérique
comme catastrophe technologique du visuel (pixel-based images as
a visual technological catastrophe); the third and fourth part
were devoted to applied photography in journalism, publicity,
and relations with developments in cinema. Lecturers: Éliséo
Véron: Que voit-on du monde? Images dans le discours de
l'information; director of the Vu agency Christian Caujolle: La
photographie dans la presse; cinema critic Serge Daney: Du
défilement au défilé; historian André Gunthert: Le portrait
virtuel de la photographie en publicité; art-historian Michel
Melot: Photographie et intelligence artificielle;
philosopher/urbanist Paul Virilio: La trans-apparance;
psycho-analyst Daniel Sibony: Une technique de l'instant ou la
machine á clicher.