Title: The reconfigured eye : visual truth in the post-photographic era /
Authors: Mitchell, William J. 1944-
Publisher: MIT Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Image processing Digital techniques.; Images, Photographic Data processing.; Computer art
Abstract: An analysis of the digital imaging revolution. It describes the technology of digital imaging and looks at how it is changing the way we explore ideas, at its aesthetic potential and at the ethical questions raised. Topics include electronic brushstrokes, virtual cameras, synthetic shading and more.
Contents: Beginnings -- The nascent medium -- Intention and artifice -- Electronic tools -- Digital brush strokes -- Virtual cameras -- Synthetic shading -- Computer collage -- How to do things with pictures -- The shadows on the wall.