Circulation & Authorship of the Photo-Image

 Circulation & Authorship of the Photo-Image

This weeks presentation on Circulation and Authorship of the photo image was my study groups presentation and below are the notes I have made throughout the presentation and the explanations I gave to the rest of the class.

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Authorship -
The authorship of a photograph refers to the ownership of the image, for example the photographer who has captured the original image.

Circulation -
The movement in a circle or circuit, similar to sharing images online or with others.

“Analog to Digital: The Indexical Function of Photographic Images”
'[…] digital photography “accelerates” or “enlarges” traditional photographic processes.'  - such as editing programmes, such as Photoshop, allowing this development of the photograph.

'Digital photography challenges the historical belief that photography is representative of reality.' - this is because of editing programmes, whereas with analogue photography the image is a true representation of reality at that time, no editing or developing involved.

'Viewers continue to read digital photographs as representative of reality, a function images maintain despite the transition from analog to digital.'

Analogue Photography -

• Photography using an analogue camera or film.
• Images are produced through the roll of film inserted into the camera. 
• The light entering the camera reacts to the chemicals in the film roll producing an image. 

Digital Photography -

• Digital photography 'uses cameras containing arrays of electronic photo-detectors to capture images focused by a lens.'
• Digital images can be captured in multiple ways: with a digital camera, capturing a frame from a video clip
• With digital photographs, editing programmes can be used to enhance an image. 

Photographer - Richard Hamilton

• Born in London - 1922-2011
• Referred to as the 'father of Pop Art'
• Engaged with mass media through his series of paintings, installations and prints
• Career as a teacher in London Central School of Arts and Crafts and University of Newcastle 
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Photographer - Michael Wolf

• Born in Germany, 1954 - was raised in US, Europe and Canada
• Wolf's objective is to capture the essence of life in cities 
• Wolf's Google Street View Series questions how the general population reacts to being captured by surveillance 
• Tokyo Compression - The commuters expression were characterized in one review as traumatized and woeful - subjects didn't give him permission to capture the photographs 
• “Facebook’s business model is most certainly a contentious balancing act between stimulating users’ activity and exploiting it;” 
• José van Dijck, The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media

Photographer - Julian Stallabrass

• Art historian, photographer and curator from London, UK
• Professor at Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
• Photographs people, places and sculptures usually in vernacular style
• Uses photography as a social commentary to enforce his own ideologies

Dzenko, Corey. ‘Analog to Digital: The Indexical Function of Photographic Images’ Afterimage vol.37 no.3 (Sep-Oct 2009) 19-23