Ethics and aesthetics of war in the global journalism and media. Vid Simoniti and Fiona Shields.

Описание: Vid Simoniti (philosopher, University of Liverpool) and Fiona Shields (chief photography editor at The Guardian) discuss ethics and aesthetics of war in the global journalism and media.

This talk is part of Open Eye Gallery's symposium On War Photography, which took place on 1 May 2025. Read more about the symposium: https://openeye.org.uk/key-takeaways-...

To accompany Open Eye Gallery’s No Iconic Images exhibition, the symposium brought together experts in photography and media from the UK and Europe. Through keynote presentations and panel discussions, the participants – researchers,​ academics, curators and documentary photographers, including those working on​ the front lines – explored the historical perspective and most recent practices of working with photography to talk about conflicts.

Speakers: Fiona Shields (The Guardian), Peter van Agtmael (Magnum Photos), Evgeniy Maloletka (Associated Press), Diane Smyth (editor of the British Journal of Photography), Tamsin Silvey (Historic England), Max Houghton (London College​ of Communication, University of the Arts London), Max Gorbatskyi and Viktoria Bavykina (curators).

The symposium was supported by the British Council in Ukraine in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute and the Cultural Diplomacy Foundation within the framework of the UK–Ukraine 100-Year Partnership.