Blake Fitzpatrick

Ryerson University · Department of Image Arts

The introduction addresses the state of documentary studies in the 21st century and establishes the theoretical orientations for the collection. The editors argue that the present moment is one in which pressing challenges are best addressed through new formulations of ideas and practices within documentary media. The introduction contextualizes co...

The sky above has been transformed into militarized airspace and, as technologies of war and surveillance invisibly peer down from the sky, some artists have responded by interrogating these technologies and the airborne view itself. To co-opt the surveillance apparatus or to turn the airborne platform against itself is to reclaim a vantage point i...

This collection of essays presents new formulations of ideas and practices within documentary media that respond critically to the multifaceted challenges of our age. As social media, augmented reality, and interactive technologies play an increasing role in the documentary landscape, new theorizations are needed to account for how such media both...

The project, 'Freedom Rocks' by Blake Fitzpatrick and Vid Ingelevics traces the Berlin Wall as a now mobile ruin to North America post-1989 as well as to storage and commemorative sites in Berlin itself. This portfolio of photographs is drawn from the project and depicts twin versions of the sculpture The Day the Wall Came Down (1997-1998) by Veryl...

La représentation joue un grand rôle dans les conflits militaires. Elle participe à la façon dont le public prend connaissance de la guerre, et comment il y réagit. Le photographe canadien Louie Palu a contribué à la compréhension de la guerre par son travail à titre de photojournaliste « embarqué » (« embedded ») au coeur des troupes canadiennes,...

This article examines the recirculation of Robert Del Tredici's photographs of the Cold War nuclear weapons complex. Originally published in his groundbreaking book, At Work in the Fields of the Bomb (1987), a number of Del Tredici's photographs have been republished in a series of post‐Cold War US Department of Energy reports. The article examines...