In light of my recent reorientations, I’ll just update some of the useful categorizations I’ve been working on. Accepting uncertainty and embracing the inevitability of subjective interpretation has been liberating here. Also, working within and against the fonds as a conceptual frame has been fruitful. Looking at where images come from and where they go has opened things up.
New Distinctions:
Intention refers to what the image-maker aims to achieve
Motivation refers to what compels the image-maker to generate the image
Use refers to how the user may incorporate the image into their lives
I’m still struggling to refine the distinctions here between originator of the referent and the originator of the digital translation. Looking at attributes contained within the data of the image file is helpful, but not totally revelatory.
Additional Categories:
- Intention: Digitization of Physical Photographic Media
- Intention: Typology
- Intention: Institutional Analysis
- Intention: Photographic Rendering of Personal Moment
- Intention: Record a Journalistic/News Event
- Intention: Photographic Record of Sculpture/Installation
- Intention: Geographical Survey
- Motivation: Personal Curiosity
- Motivation: Artistic Curiosity
- Motivation: Public Service
- Motivation: Comply with Government Demands
- Motivation: Comply with Employment Demands
- Use: Comparison
- Use: Ridicule
- Use: Appreciation
- Use: Navigation
- Use: Self-representation
- Use: Memory Supplant
- Use: Nostalgia
- Use: Witness
- Use: Investigation
- Digital Camera Data: 0
- Digital Camera Data: 1
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