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Renowned photo critic speaks at UD April 19 2:24 p.m., April 14, 2005--A.D. Coleman, writer and founding member of the National Writers Union (NWU), presents an informative look at contemporary photographys role in society, Tuesday, April 19, at 7 p.m. in 007 Willard Hall. A question-and-answer session will follow the lecture. The talk is sponsored by the Department of Art & Visual Communication and is free and open to the public. Recently named one of the "100 Most Important People in Photography" by American Photo magazine, Coleman, prolific writer of photographic history and criticism lectures, teaches and publishes widely both domestically and abroad. Since 1967, Coleman's "controversial, pungent and influential" essays have provoked and delighted an increasingly international readership. His body of work includes art and photography criticism and history, cultural analysis, discussion of digital technologies, creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, as well as articles on a wide variety of other subjects. He has published more than 2,000 essays and a book for children, written more than 170 columns in the Village Voice; 120 articles in the New York Times; almost 300 pieces in the New York Observer; features in such diverse publications as ARTnews, Art in America, Collections, Dance Pages, France, and New York and has appeared on NPR, PBS, CBS's "Night Watch" and the BBC. His widely read Internet newsletter, C: The Speed of Light, appears bimonthly online at [www.nearbycafe.com]. To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |