Joel László – Visual Semantics of the Early Turkish Republic. Representation and Power in Press Photography – 20/1/2016
Joël László (Université de Bâle)Mercredi 20 janvier 2016 à 18h à l’IFEAIntervention en anglais Visual Semantics of the Early Turkish RepublicRepresentation and Power in Press Photography In his PhD thesis, based at the University of Basel in the scope of the research project « SIBA. A Visual Approach to Explore Everyday Life in Turkish and Yugoslav Cities, 1920s and 1930s », Joël László uses press photography to analyze the political history of the early republican period. In what ways did the new regime in Ankara use press photography as a means of representation? How was the realm of the political conceived and conveyed visually? Which continuities and discontinuities can be established between the late Ottoman and the early republican period? These principal