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LECTURES:

Wednesday, 29 October – 6.30 pm
PHOTOGRAPHY´S CRUCIAL SETTINGS: FAIRS, BIENNIALS, FESTIVALS.

A tour of the main events that place photographic creation in the limelight. Glamour and trends of an expanding phenomenon.
Panelists: Luz Castillo (Arte x Arte Photography Biennial), Gastón Deleau (Buenos Aires Photo), Silvia Mangialardi (Fotomundo magazine), Tony Valdez (Argentine Biennial of Documentary Photography).

Thursday, 30 October – 6.30 pm
PHOTOJOURNALISM IN THE ERA OF THE INTERNET.

Does the web provide a chance to disseminate good photographs, or does it give business firms an excuse to limit more expensive coverage? The future of a profession in which technology transforms each user into a potential journalist.
Panelists: Daniel Merle (La Nación newspaper), Julio Orione (periodistasonline.com), Diego Zorrilla (espn.com).

Friday, 31 October – 6.30 pm
PHOTOGRAPHY AS PERIOD RECORD-KEEPING

Its documentary and experiential value, and its validity as an account of transcendent issues or events that we only know about –in most cases– through their photographic version.
Panelists: Adriana Lestido, Beatriz López (Colombia), Gaby Messina, Juan Travnik.

Saturday, 1 November – 6.30 pm
PHOTO-PATRONS: THE NEW SPONSORS OF AN ART THAT IS EXPLODING.

Prizes, contests and incentives are some of the tools that business-firms, editors and foundations resort to in order to provide stimuli to further develop the strengths of photography creators.
Panelists: Pepe Romero and Fabiana Barreda (Metrovías), Jean Louis Larivière and Dudu von Thielmann (Ediciones Larivière), Diana Saiegh (Fundación Deloitte).

Sunday, 2 November – 6.30 pm
THE UNSUSPECTED FRONTIERS OF VIDEO-ART

Irruption, development and perspectives of the electronic image as creative instrument.
Panelists: Rodrigo Alonso, Carlos Baragli, Mariela Yeregui

Cycle coordination by Carmen María Ramos de Balcarce

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BOOK PRESENTATIONS

Friday, 31 October – 5.00 pm
Presentation of the book “Nicola Costantino”, by Fernando Farina

Saturday, 1 November – 5.00 pm
Presentation of "El mundo existe para acabar en un libro: De como la fotografía argentina encontró su colección", by Daniel Molina

Sunday, 2 November – 5.00 pm
Presentation of the book “ac Alfonso Castillo”, by Valeria González