The Camera as Actor: Photography and the Embodiment of Technology

ISBN-13: 9781350111974 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 158 str.

Amy Cox Hall

Opis

Looking beyond the impact photographs have on the perpetuation and expression of social norms and stereotypes, and the influence of the act of taking a photograph, this new collection brings together international scholars to examine the camera itself as an actor.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

Amy Cox Hall

Part I: Millennium Camera,

Amy Cox Hall

2. The Camera as a Meeting Place for Decision Making

Asko Lehmuskallio

3. The Camera-Body’s V: A Media Archaeology of Tiny Viewfinderless Cameras as Technologies of Action Lisa Cartwright and Andy Rice

Part II: Making the Camera

Tim Pinault

4. A Wooden Box, Tripod and Cloth: The Role of Alaminüt Photography in the Making of Modern Turkey

Ozge Calafato

5. "Buy Film Not Megapixels": The Role of Analogue Cameras in the Rematerialization of Photography and the Configuration of Resistant Amateurism

Sergio Minniti

Part III: The Leica Tattoo

Amy Cox Hall

6. The Camera as a Device for Sociality: Photography and Young Male Adults with Autism Spectrum Condition

Uschi Klein

7. Becoming the Camera: Constructing RoboCops with Body-Worn Video

Jessica J. Chapman

O autorze

Amy Cox Hall is a writer and cultural anthropologist.