Automated Photography
Milo Keller, Claus Gunti and Florian Amoser
Mörel Books and écal
English
Softcover
343 pages
200 X 250 mm
2021
ISBN 9781907071881
For the past twenty years, photographers have been integrating images produced autonomously by machines into their work. We witness a paradigm shift in the process of creating photography: From photographic capture in the strict sense to appropriation, automated and computational practices, which respond to a conception of space that is less and less built on the equivalence between the human eye and the machine.
This project is in-between theoretical and applied research: while it is necessary to contextualise the changes introduced by automation into a broader history of photography and visual culture, as well as into a theoretical reflection on the automated image, it is also essential to produce a tangible and factual understanding of their technical and aesthetic challenges. By combining an analytical and theoretical approach with a reflection resulting from the practical confrontation with these technical devices, the project aims to take advantage of the crossroads of these different fields. The synthesis is based on a practical approach (by applying these technologies), an aesthetic approach (by analysing the visual qualities of these devices and their creative potential) and a theoretical approach (by placing the practical results in a cultural, social and political context).
(source: https://morelbooks.com/products/automated-photography)
About the Editors
Milo Keller (b. 1979), photographer and professor, is known for his photography works in the field of architecture and design.
milokeller.com
(source: http://milokeller.com/?infos)
Claus Gunti is an art historian, lecturer at the University of Art and Design Lausanne (ECAL) and coordinator at the Centre de la photographie Genève.
clausgunti.myportfolio.com
(source: https://clausgunti.myportfolio.com/)
Florian Amoser is an architectural photographer based in Switzerland.
florianamoser.ch
About the Publisher
Mörel Books are a non-profit publisher specialising in limited edition Photo and Art Books.
morelbooks.com
(source: https://morelbooks.com/pages/info)
écal is a gallery and publisher of art and design books based in the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne.
ecal-shop.ch
(source: http://ecal-shop.ch/a-propos/#a-propos)
