Photographs: Whence veracity

Michael Shapter

doi:10.1525/aft.2007.35.1.11

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Photographs: Whence veracity

Michael Shapter

Afterimage: the journal of media arts and cultural criticism in the social and decision sciences, Vol.35(1), pp.11-17

2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2007.35.1.11

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Abstract

Film, Television and Digital Media

Visual Arts and Crafts

Art Theory and Criticism

technological change

medical research

digital imaging

photographs

The article explores the historic veracity of photography. People argue that the historic veracity of photography has been brought into focus by digital imaging because digital imaging is revolutionizing the way people think about photography. John Tagg suggests that, by the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the increasing use of photographs by medical, legal, and government instrumentalities helped establish a truth in photography alongside the veracity it derived from its hands-off mechanical nature.

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Title: Photographs: Whence veracity
Authors: Michael Shapter (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Publication details: Afterimage: the journal of media arts and cultural criticism in the social and decision sciences, Vol.35(1), pp.11-17
Publisher: Visual Studies Workshop
Date published: 2007
DOI: 10.1525/aft.2007.35.1.11
ISSN: 0300-7472
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449850902621
Output Type: Journal article

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