Interview with Peter Fitzpatrick
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Peter Fitzpatrick (he/him), born in Australia, is a photographer and educator. He holds a PhD in Art from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Melbourne and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Before joining Columbia College Chicago in 2011, Fitzpatrick served as Lecturer and Head of Photo Media at the Australian National University. At Columbia, he served as Chair of the Photography Department from 2011- 2019, where he championed mentorship and integrated innovative technologies like artificial intelligence into the curriculum. He teaches photography courses at the college and serves as Special Advisor for Community Engagement. As a photographer, Fitzpatrick has exhibited internationally, exploring themes of cultural identity and photography’s role in storytelling and historical documentation. Length: 78:41. Transcript: 30 pages.
Publication Date
Fall 2024
Publisher
Columbia College Chicago
City
Chicago
Keywords
photography, digital photography, artificial intelligence, Australia, Liverpool, Illinois, Chicago
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Communication | History | Photography | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Yastrebova, Alina, "Interview with Peter Fitzpatrick" (2024). Photography at Columbia College Chicago, 2024-2025. 1.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/photo_oh/1
Comments
The Photography at Columbia College Chicago oral history project documents the program taught here from the perspective of faculty and alumni. Conducted as part of a larger Columbia College Chicago oral history project focused on capturing oral histories from people who shaped the modern Columbia, these interviews offer personal narrative insights into the evolution and history of the college photography program. Students in the Oral History: The Art of the Interview class taught by Dr. Erin McCarthy, conducted the interviews.