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The Camera as Actor: Photography and the Embodiment of Technology book cover

1st Edition

The Camera as Actor Photography and the Embodiment of Technology

Edited By Amy Cox Hall Copyright 2021
172 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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.　 Bringing the camera back into view, this volume furthers our understanding of how, and in what ways, imaging technology shapes us,... Read more
  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

Biography

Amy Cox Hall is a writer and cultural anthropologist.

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