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Chalfen, Richard Megson was born on July 16, 1942 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel Edward and Gladys Elizabeth Chalfen.
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Snapshot Versions of Life
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Snapshot Versions of Life is an important foray into the culture of photography and home life from an anthropologist’s perspective. Examining what he calls “Home Mode” photography, Richard Chalfen explores snapshots, slide shows, family albums, home movies, and home videos, uncovering what people do with their photos as well as what their personal photos do for them. Chalfen’s “Polaroid People” are recognizable—if ironically viewed—relatives, uncles, aunts, and All-American kids. As members of “Kodak Culture” they watch home movies, take pictures of newborn babies, and even, in their darker moments, scratch out the faces of disliked relatives in group photographs. He examines who shoots these photos and why, as well as how they think (or don’t) of planning, editing, and exhibiting their shots. Chalfen’s analysis reveals the culturally structured behavior underlying seemingly spontaneous photographic activities.
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Snapshot Versions of Life SNAPSHOT VERSIONS OF LIFE By Chalfen, Richard ( Author )Sep-01-2008 Paperback
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Richard Megson Chalfen
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Richard Megson Chalfen, American Anthropologist. National Institute Mental Health grantee, 1967-1971, National Science Foundation grantee, 1980-1981. Member American Anthropological Association (board directors 1989-1991), International Visual Sociology Association, Society Visual Anthropology (president 1989-1991).
Education
Bachelor in Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 1964; Master of Arts in Communications, University of Pennsylvania, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy in Communications, University of Pennsylvania, 1974.
Career
Instructor, language & literature, Drexel U., Philadelphia, 1967-1969; research associate, Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, 1968-1973; assistant professor, associate professor, Temple University, Department Anthropology, Philadelphia, 1972-1991; professor, Temple University, Department Anthropology, Philadelphia, since 1991. Director Master of Arts program visual anthropology, Temple University, 1979-1991.
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Snapshot Versions of Life
( Snapshot Versions of Life is an important foray into th...)
- Snapshot Versions of Life SNAPSHOT VERSIONS OF LIFE By Chalfen, Richard ( Author )Sep-01-2008 Paperback
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Snapshot Versions of Life
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Member American Anthropological Association (board directors 1989-1991), International Visual Sociology Association, Society Visual Anthropology (president 1989-1991).
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Married Kirsten Roelling, July 29, 1967 (divorced November 1990). Children: Leah, Claire.
