An Image mise en abyme
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4024677 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Michel (0000-0001-8160-0929, corresponding author), Alain P Michel (0000-0003-4416-7809) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 967-973 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tech.0.0188 |
| OpenAlex | W2082181456 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The essay analyses a 1934 photograph showing the making of a film in a workshop of the Renault Motor Company in Billancourt, France. What can this specific image tell us about photography, filming, and industrial work? It has limited historical value when viewed alone. One approach is to compare it to a corpus of related documents. Like any other historical vestige, images have to be interpreted in relation one to another as well as compared to other sources. They have to be (re)contextualized. A second approach is to investigate its archival origins. Returning as far as possible to the sources of an image, one can identify at least the logic of its conservation, and eventually the process of its making and the context of its usage. Thus, visual documents can become irreplaceable historical sources
Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology) · Database · Image (mathematics) · Photography · Process (computing) · Programming language · Relation (database) · Value (mathematics) · Visual arts · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies · Historical and Scientific Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |