Questions to consider about ‘The New Face of Snapshot Photography’ by Jonas Larsen and Mette Sandbye
Why did Larsen and Sandbye write this article? (Not ‘What is it about?’ but what is the point of it? What does it do? Consider where it comes from, you may need to read the whole thing before you answer this question).
To make the viewer think about how digital photography is consumed, and how our use of photography has evolved/adapted over time. I found it made me think of my personal use of digital photography.
What is this article about in a general sense – sum it up.
It discusses the shift to digital photography from analogue photography. It looks at how this shift has changed how people use photography and how photos are disseminated. Analogue photos showed 'what had been' whereas digital photos show 'what is happening'.
What difference do the authors draw between analogue and digital photography on pg. xvi?
Digital photography is more mobile, immediate, for sharing with others, and producing 'sociality at a distance' whereas analogue photography is a more time consuming process and produced for future audiences.
What effect has the era of Web 2.0 had on photography? (p. xvi – xix)
More photos are being produced and these photos are then shared on a world-wide scale through a massive range of internet sites and apps. Photography is now part of participation in these places and photos are used for social interaction. It has changed the way we consume and interact with photos.
What do the authors mean on page xx when they say ‘Increasingly, everyday amateur photography is a performative practice connected to presence, immediate communication and social networking, as opposed to storing memories for eternity, which is how it has hitherto been conceptualised’?
Once images have been shared on social media we don't often revisit them - they have a short life span. They are there to express what we are doing at that moment in time.
On page xxiii the authors state ‘Photographs need to be understood, everywhere and always, in relation to the societies in which they are embedded’. What aspects of our society might influence how photographs are read?
What do the authors mean on page xx when they say ‘Increasingly, everyday amateur photography is a performative practice connected to presence, immediate communication and social networking, as opposed to storing memories for eternity, which is how it has hitherto been conceptualised’?
Once images have been shared on social media we don't often revisit them - they have a short life span. They are there to express what we are doing at that moment in time.
On page xxiii the authors state ‘Photographs need to be understood, everywhere and always, in relation to the societies in which they are embedded’. What aspects of our society might influence how photographs are read?
- Gender
- Race
- Culture
- Age
- Worldview
- Race
- Culture
- Age
- Worldview
- Laws and politics
On page xxiii the authors state ‘Photography must be understood simultaneously as a social practice, a networked technology and an image’, what do each of these three things mean?
Social Practice = How we express ourselves (our personality, likes/dislikes, and what we get up to) and our relationships (our family and friends), how we market ourselves
Networked Technology = How we link/connect ourselves to others, show our support of our family/friends/something we like etc
An Image = What is contained within the frame, how the photo has been taken
What do the authors mean on page xxiv, when they state ‘Photography as a practice has been discussed relatively rarely’?
We don't often examine photography as a practice, how we use it, and how it has evolved - we just take it for granted/at face value.
What ideas raised in the discussions of the different sections of the book interest you? Could any be used for your assignment?
What do the authors mean on page xxiv, when they state ‘Photography as a practice has been discussed relatively rarely’?
We don't often examine photography as a practice, how we use it, and how it has evolved - we just take it for granted/at face value.
What ideas raised in the discussions of the different sections of the book interest you? Could any be used for your assignment?
I was interested in the comments about photo albums being a thing of the past and also in the arguments about how we use digital photography to cement our place in our world (friendships etc). I think this reading did relate to our assignment in the way that it talked about how images could be manipulated and how we still can take those images at face value on social media platforms on the internet.
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