This inquiry begins by considering powerful photographers of the past, who typically amplified th... more This inquiry begins by considering powerful photographers of the past, who typically amplified their power by aligning themselves with even more powerful gatekeeping institutions such as magazines and photography agencies.
But it advances the conversation about power an photography by identifying and analyzing the work of a new breed of powerful photographers: amateur and aspiring practitioners who assemble online followings numbering into the hundreds of thousands using social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and others.
What are the implications for photographers, publishers and audiences in the context of the emergence of social photography? What methodological approaches can help promote understanding of complex social environments that are both data-driven and people-driven?
This presentation relies on Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of cultural capital, field and symbolic power to provide a robust framework for understanding the connection among data, photography and power in today’s media landscape.
This inquiry begins by considering powerful photographers of the past, who typically amplified th... more This inquiry begins by considering powerful photographers of the past, who typically amplified their power by aligning themselves with even more powerful gatekeeping institutions such as magazines and photography agencies.
But it advances the conversation about power an photography by identifying and analyzing the work of a new breed of powerful photographers: amateur and aspiring practitioners who assemble online followings numbering into the hundreds of thousands using social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and others.
What are the implications for photographers, publishers and audiences in the context of the emergence of social photography? What methodological approaches can help promote understanding of complex social environments that are both data-driven and people-driven?
This presentation relies on Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of cultural capital, field and symbolic power to provide a robust framework for understanding the connection among data, photography and power in today’s media landscape.
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But it advances the conversation about power an photography by identifying and analyzing the work of a new breed of powerful photographers: amateur and aspiring practitioners who assemble online followings numbering into the hundreds of thousands using social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and others.
What are the implications for photographers, publishers and audiences in the context of the emergence of social photography? What methodological approaches can help promote understanding of complex social environments that are both data-driven and people-driven?
This presentation relies on Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of cultural capital, field and symbolic power to provide a robust framework for understanding the connection among data, photography and power in today’s media landscape.
But it advances the conversation about power an photography by identifying and analyzing the work of a new breed of powerful photographers: amateur and aspiring practitioners who assemble online followings numbering into the hundreds of thousands using social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and others.
What are the implications for photographers, publishers and audiences in the context of the emergence of social photography? What methodological approaches can help promote understanding of complex social environments that are both data-driven and people-driven?
This presentation relies on Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of cultural capital, field and symbolic power to provide a robust framework for understanding the connection among data, photography and power in today’s media landscape.