Claude Baillargeon

“Construction Photography and the Rhetoric of Fundraising: The Maison Durandelle Sacré-Coeur Commission,” Visual Resources 27, no. 2 (June 2011): 113–28. Now online at https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/vD6CdtVchQpZjgF64748/full#.Vb_DMfkeqy0.

“Doina Popescu: Envisioning the Ryerson Gallery and Research Centre / Doina Popescu présente sa vision de la galerie et du centre de recherche Ryerson,” Ciel variable (Montreal), no. 88 (summer 2011): 56–63. Now online at https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/64862ac.

“La collection Malcolmson: Une passion pour la photographie / The Malcolmson Collection: A Passion for Photography,” Ciel variable (Montréal), no. 85 (summer 2010): 80–82. Now online at https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/63733ac.

“Témoignages de rivalité industrielle: La France et les photographies de grands travaux d’origine étrangère.” Études photographiques, no. 17 (November 2005): 16–43. Now online at https://journals.openedition.org/etudesphotographiques/750.

BOOK REVIEWS
Emanations: The Art of the Cameraless Photograph, by Geoffrey Batchen (Munich: DelMonico Books; New Plymouth, NZ: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 2016) in Ciel variable (Montreal), no. 104 (fall 2016): 93. Now online at https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/83706ac.

Far East, Far West by Benoit Aquin (Montréal: Éditions du Passage, 2009) in Ciel variable (Montreal), no. 86 (fall 2010): 92. Now online at https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/63750ac.

1945—Hiroshima: Les images sources by Michael Lucken (Paris: Hermann, 2008) in Études photographiques (Paris), published on line, November 9, 2009, https://journals.openedition.org/etudesphotographiques/2891.

Time Stands Still: Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement, by Phillip Prodger (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003) in Études photographiques (Paris), no. 15 (November 2004): 152–55. Now online at https://journals.openedition.org/etudesphotographiques/411.

La Mission héliographique: Cinq photographes parcourent la France en 1851 by Anne de Mondenard (Paris: Monum, Éditions du patrimoine, 2002) in Études photographiques (Paris), no. 13 (July 2003): 171–73. Now online at https://journals.openedition.org/etudesphotographiques/343.

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES—AS SPEAKER
“Vattemare’s Transatlantic Network and Its Impact at the École des ponts et chaussées.” “The Silver Atlantic: Photographic Circulations (19th–21st Centuries),” international symposium held at the Jeu de Paume, Paris, October 1, 2021.

Introductory remarks for Alan Weisman, Varner Vitality Lecture and keynote address for “Chernobyl Then and Now: A Global Perspective Symposium,” Oakland Center, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, March 14, 2019.

Host of film screening event, Watermark (2013), directed by Edward Burtynsky and Jennifer Baichwal. Association for Studies in Literature and Environment (ASLE) Conference, Detroit Film Theatre, Detroit, MI, June 23, 2017.

“Imaging Unseen Fallout: Autoradiography and the Denial of Atomic Radioactivity.” “Conflict Resolution,” Society for Photographic Education Midwest conference, Chase Park Plaza, St. Louis, MO, October 8, 2016.

“Classified Casualties and Exposed Trauma: The Photographic Portrayal of Hibakusha.” “Intimacy and Voyeurism,” Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA, March 23, 2012.

“Representing the Unrepresentable: The Photography of Nuclear Affliction in Postwar Japan,” part of the session “Out of Rubble,” College Arts Association National Conference, Los Angeles Convention Center, CA, February 24, 2012.

“Construction Photography, International Public Relations, and Building Ingenuity.” “Documenting History, Documenting Progress: Nineteenth Century Photographs of Architecture” symposium co-sponsored by the University of Notre-Dame and Indiana University, South Bend, IN, October 3, 2010.

“White Light, Flash Burns, and ‘the Atomic Plague’: Early Casualty Studies of Hibakusha.” “Time for Light,” Society for Photographic Education Midwest Conference, Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, October 2, 2010.

Introductory remarks for Kip Fulbeck, keynote speaker. “Facing Diversity: Leveling the Playing Field in the Photographic Arts,” Society for Photographic Education annual conference, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, PA, March 6, 2010.

“Mimesis, Memorialization, and the Photographic Representation of Hibakusha,” part of the session “Visual Witnessing: Photography and World War II,” “Feeling Photography” conference co-sponsored by The Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Toronto and the Toronto Photography Seminar. Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, October 17, 2009.

“Building Sacré-Coeur: Construction Photography and the Rhetoric of Fund-Raising,” part of the session “Photography and Architecture: Shaping a New Dialogue,” College Arts Association National Conference, Los Angeles Convention Center, CA, February 26, 2009.

“Poisoned Ecologies: Imaging Reckless Stewardship and Collateral Damage,” part of the session “Visualizing Environmentalism,” “Global Photographies: Histories, Theories, Practices” conference. Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland, June 27, 2007.

“Dickensian London and the Photographic Imagination.” Curator’s tour of exhibition, plenary session, Eighth Annual Dickens Society Symposium, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, October 10, 2003.

“Au service de la propagande du Sacré-Coeur: L’album de travail de Rohault de Fleury,” part of session “Histoire d’album,” “L’album photographique: Histoire et conservation d’un objet,” Journées d’études du groupe Photographie de la Section Française de l’Institut International de Conservation, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris, November 27, 1998.

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES—AS SESSION CHAIR
Conference organizer and morning session moderator, “Chernobyl Then and Now: A Global Perspective Symposium,” with Serhii Plokhii, Mary Mycio, and Adriana Petryna, Meadow Brook Hall, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, March 15, 2019.

Session chair, “Nuclear Families: From Trinity to Nagasaki,” with Mary Kavanagh, Mark Klett, and Katy McCormick. “Family Values,” Society for Photographic Education annual conference, Hilton Orlando, FL, March 11, 2017.

Session chair, “Shadows of the Invisible,” with Susan kae Grant, Marie-Jeanne Musiol, and Michael Flomen. “Toronto, Montréal, Lille. The Inventions of Light: A Biennial of Artistic Exchange / Les inventions de la lumière: Biennale d’échanges artistiques,” 6th ed., School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Toronto, February 26, 2016.

Session chair, “Representing Diversity: Art, Immigration, and the Affirmation of Cultural Identity,” with Sara Angelucci, Rafael Goldchain, and Christina Leslie. “Facing Diversity: Leveling the Playing Field in the Photographic Arts,” Society for Photographic Education annual conference, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, PA, March 6, 2010.

Session chair, “Beauty and Terror in Traumatic Landscapes and Poisoned Ecologies,” with John Ganis, David Maisel, and David McMillan. “Agents of Change: Art and Advocacy,” Society for Photographic Education annual conference, Adam’s Mark Hotel, Denver, CO, March 14, 2008.

SELECTED GUEST LECTURES
“The Photography of the Chernobyl Aftermath.” Part of the “OU Scholars Hit the Road” lecture series hosted by The War Memorial, Grosse Pointe, MI, January 29, 2020.

“Construction Photography and the Rhetoric of Fundraising: The Maison Durandelle Sacré-Coeur Commission.” 8th Annual Authors at Oakland University event organized by the Senate Library Committee, March 20, 2013.

“The Photography of Poisoned Ecologies.” Part of the “Sustaining the Earth” lecture series sponsored by the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, November 9, 2008.

“Le Londres de Charles Dickens et l’imaginaire photographique.” Monthly seminar “Les discours du photographique” led by André Gunthert (EHESS) and Michel Poivert (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne). École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, May 17, 2004.

“Envisioning Paris, London, and New York: Photographic Art and the Urban Experience.” A three-part lecture series sponsored by The Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts. Held at The Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, April 19, April 26, and May 3, 2004.

“Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth-Century: A City and Its Photographers in Search of Modern Identities.” Lecture tour sponsored by the Délégation Générale de l’Alliance Française, Washington, D.C.

• Alliance Française, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, March 4, 2003 (in English)
• The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, March 3, 2003 (in English)
• Chapman University, Orange, CA, March 1, 2003 (in French)
• The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, February 28, 2003 (in English)
• St. Agnes Academy, Memphis, TN, February 26, 2003 (in French)
• High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, February 25, 2003 (in English)

“American Photographic Modernism and Its Pictorialist Antecedents.” Art Gallery of Hamilton, April 10, 2002.