For 2009–10, the seminar met regularly to discuss readings relating to the theme of photography and affect/emotion/feeling. We put on a major international conference entitled “Feeling Photography” on October 16-17, 2009 with several plenary speakers, including Ann Cvetkovich, Lisa Cartwright, David Eng, Shawn Michelle Smith, Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer, and Christopher Pinney. A special issue on “Affecting Photographies,” co-edited by Linda Speer and Thy Phu, was published by Photography and Culture in November 2009. We also sponsored three guests: Mark Haworth Booth, Peggy Phalen, and Martin Berger.