abstract:Fred Ritchin is professor of Photography and Imaging at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and co-director of the NYU/Magnum Foundation Photography and Human Rights educational program. Previously the picture editor of the New York Times Magazine (1978-82), executive editor of Camera Arts magazine (1982-83), and founding director of the Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Program at the International Center of Photography (1983-86), Ritchin has written and lectured internationally about the challenges and possibilities implicit in the digital revolution.