Systems of representation
Towards the integration of digital photography into the practice of creating visual images
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2163098 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terence Wright (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 207-220 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-9468 • E-ISSN: 1545-5920 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08949468.1998.9966751 |
| OpenAlex | W2039411771 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
This paper aims to set the foundations for an integration of digital photography into the broader framework of visual representation. The current climate seems to be marked by a preoccupation with contrasting the digital with the analog image. An alternative cross‐cultural approach is proposed, employing “systems of representation” characterized by the wide range of strategies for communicating through the visual image that can be found in the anthropology of art. These take into account the optical principles of depiction and their cultural determinants. The paper aims to place the practice of the digital generation and manipulation of photographs at a point of convergence with a variety of other means of transcribing the three‐dimensional world onto a two‐dimensional flat surface
Art · Computer vision · Convergence (economics · Depiction · Digital image · Image (mathematics · Image processing · Multimedia · Photography · Point (geometry · Political science · Representation (politics · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Visual arts · Computer Science · Mathematics · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Photography and Visual Culture · Artificial Intelligence
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |