Ann Weiss + Jason Francisco
Episode notes
Season 3, Episode 3, Fall Semester 2020
On Sept. 27, 2010, Ann Weiss discussed Holocaust photos brought to Auschwitz, their meaning and their echo, with Jason Francisco, then Associate Professor of Visual Arts, an artist and photographer. Dr. Weiss is founder and director of the educational non-profit foundation Eyes from the Ashes, author, filmmaker and curator. Speaking from the 'inside' of the experience as a child of survivors, Weiss shares reflections about these photos, and what it means to preserve visual memory. Watch the original conversation.
This conversation is introduced by host/Arts at Emory employee Maggie Beker and Emory College student Hayden Hubner. Beker and Hubner introduce the podcast and discuss Hubner's own photography style and upcoming photographic documentation project dealing with Free Stores across America.
This program is part of the Rosemary M. Magee Creativity Conversation endowed series.