Yanai Toister
Biographic Data
| ID | 1666449 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yanai Toister |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yanai |
| FAMILY NAME | Toister |
| SIGNATURE | TOISTER Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5605-5233 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Image thinking after artificial intelligence
This article proposes that, through synthesizing language acts with visualization processes, generative AI is currently altering the architecture of human cognition, necessitating a new way of understanding our relationship with images. The multifaceted concept of ‘image thinking’ offered in its title refers to: (1) our human thinking about images – a key area of enquiry for Visual Culture; (2) image generation through cognitive processes, be the…
The speculative camera
What if we focused on different camera constellations in order to understand the future and history of photographies, instead of focusing on specific (photographic) representations? This realignment towards the camera would not only take into account the kinds of devices commonly considered to be cameras but also include alternative forms and methods of measurement and electromagnetic sensing - historical and contemporary - which are involved in …
Seeing and Sensing
In this article traditional paradigms of photographic seeing undergo scrutiny through the perspective of non-human sensory processes, notably echolocation, fostering a diverse, interspecies interpretation of vision. This inquiry unsettles the anthropocentric norms prevailing in photographic scholarship and technological innovation. Redefining “seeing” as a layered, multisensory activity extending past human limitations propels a revision of photo…
The Idiosyncrasies of Speed
The history of photography has produced a fascinating wealth of theoretical narratives. However, a surprising proportion of existing narratives relies on a rather problematic assumption: that it is possible and appropriate to equate photography and vision. In this article, I demonstrate that this questionable equation depends on certain physical circumstances and particular technological operations dictated thereby, and mediated by various constr…
Photography
Disturbingly, one important constituent within the photographic habitus has remained conspicuously absent from most discussions in what has come to be called Post-Photography. This particular, which since the nineteenth century has routinely been considered a key stage in the photographic workflow, is the human photographer. Therefore, this article delineates the presence of the human photographer in photography, its first appearances, its rise t…
Why be a photographic image
Many contemporary imaging systems share a striking quality: their output need not be limited to images. Instead the raw data such systems collect and generate can just as easily appear as acoustic signals or as text. Furthermore, of those images an unexpected proportion bears the familiar form of the photograph. These two phenomena, I argue, stem from an unconditioned bias towards images, on our behalf, and from the cognitive accessibility of pho…
Photography
Disturbingly, one important constituent within the photographic habitus has remained conspicuously absent from most discussions in what has come to be called Post-Photography. This particular, which since the nineteenth century has routinely been considered a key stage in the photographic workflow, is the human photographer. Therefore, this article delineates the presence of the human photographer in photography, its first appearances, its rise t…
The Idiosyncrasies of Speed
The history of photography has produced a fascinating wealth of theoretical narratives. However, a surprising proportion of existing narratives relies on a rather problematic assumption: that it is possible and appropriate to equate photography and vision. In this article, I demonstrate that this questionable equation depends on certain physical circumstances and particular technological operations dictated thereby, and mediated by various constr…
Why be a photographic image
Many contemporary imaging systems share a striking quality: their output need not be limited to images. Instead the raw data such systems collect and generate can just as easily appear as acoustic signals or as text. Furthermore, of those images an unexpected proportion bears the familiar form of the photograph. These two phenomena, I argue, stem from an unconditioned bias towards images, on our behalf, and from the cognitive accessibility of pho…
Photography
Disturbingly, one important constituent within the photographic habitus has remained conspicuously absent from most discussions in what has come to be called Post-Photography. This particular, which since the nineteenth century has routinely been considered a key stage in the photographic workflow, is the human photographer. Therefore, this article delineates the presence of the human photographer in photography, its first appearances, its rise t…
The Idiosyncrasies of Speed
The history of photography has produced a fascinating wealth of theoretical narratives. However, a surprising proportion of existing narratives relies on a rather problematic assumption: that it is possible and appropriate to equate photography and vision. In this article, I demonstrate that this questionable equation depends on certain physical circumstances and particular technological operations dictated thereby, and mediated by various constr…
Seeing and Sensing
In this article traditional paradigms of photographic seeing undergo scrutiny through the perspective of non-human sensory processes, notably echolocation, fostering a diverse, interspecies interpretation of vision. This inquiry unsettles the anthropocentric norms prevailing in photographic scholarship and technological innovation. Redefining “seeing” as a layered, multisensory activity extending past human limitations propels a revision of photo…
Image thinking after artificial intelligence
This article proposes that, through synthesizing language acts with visualization processes, generative AI is currently altering the architecture of human cognition, necessitating a new way of understanding our relationship with images. The multifaceted concept of ‘image thinking’ offered in its title refers to: (1) our human thinking about images – a key area of enquiry for Visual Culture; (2) image generation through cognitive processes, be the…
The speculative camera
What if we focused on different camera constellations in order to understand the future and history of photographies, instead of focusing on specific (photographic) representations? This realignment towards the camera would not only take into account the kinds of devices commonly considered to be cameras but also include alternative forms and methods of measurement and electromagnetic sensing - historical and contemporary - which are involved in …
Photography and Visual Culture (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Visual Culture and Art Theory (4 works) · Digital Media and Philosophy (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Photography (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works)