Auto
Subtitle: self-representation and digital photography
By: editors for Negative, Hans Hedberg, Gunilla Knape, Tyrone Martinsson, and Louise Wolthers
Contributors: Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation; Göteborgs universitet. Högskolan för fotografi
Series: Negative
Publisher: Art and Theory Publishing; Akademin Valand, Göteborgs universitet; Hasselbladstiftelsen
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Stockholm; Göteburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9789198087451
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Social aspects; Self-portraits; Portrait photography; Photography; Digital techniques; Digitale Fotografie; Selbstbildnis
Other titles: Self-representation and digital photography
Description: Today we are all photographers. Self-portraits are everywhere and snapshots of our lives are circulated and shared frenetically on various social media networks. Distinctions are blurred, not only between the private and public spheres but also between professional and amateur photographic practices. This calls for increased knowledge about the performative characteristics of digitised and networked visual communication. What are the limits of automation and what is the potential of virtuality? 'Auto' investigates how the everyday digital photography of our times challenges notions of autobiography, interactivity, and democracy.
Notes: Texts in English and Swedish.