Photography and New Media

Photography and new media for change Sanjana Hattotuwa TED Fellow

Painted revolutions Capturing revolutions of yesteryear

DelacroixFrench revolution

Assault on the TuileriesFrench revolution

American revolutionWashington Crossing the Delaware

Peninsular WarSpain, 1808

Shooting revolutions Capturing revolutions today

EgyptJanuary 2011

TunisiaJanuary 2011

LibyaAugust 2011

SyriaJune 2011

IranJune 2009

What’s changed?

Democratisation of skill Hard Easy

Economy of time Long Quick

A wider public Rich, few, localFree, many, global

More produced Hundreds a minute, immediatelyFew a year, after years

Citizen produced Amateur, many, ubiquitousProfessional, few, expensive

Better producedBoulevard du Temple, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, 1839

Finer resolution

A dying camera?Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros was one oftwo Western photographers killed in Libya

Amateur cameras Mobile phones in Syria

“The best camera is the One That’s with You. Imagesaren’t about dynamic ranges and megapixels. They’re about stories and moments.” ~ Chase Jarvis

Mobile witnesses & mobiles witness http://www.18daysinegypt.com

Camera optional? Photography via mobiles

How popular?Mobile phones or digital cameras on Flickr?

Apple’s iPhone

Evolution of a camera 2007 2011

1,000 words in a click means...

Changing the discourseQuestioning propaganda

Bearing witness http://www.ﬂickr.com/vikalpasl

Documenting dissent http://www.ﬂickr.com/vikalpasl

Reframing the ordinary http://www.movingimages.asia

Hidden peoplehttp://www.movingimages.asia

Civic educationhttp://groundviews.org/2010/05/29/the-big-stink-in-sri-lanka

Communicating poverty http://www.womenandmedia.net/options/?p=395

Public in public JR’s activist photography

Public in publicJR’s activist photography

Public on public JR’s activist photography

Turning the world inside outhttp://www.ted.com/talks/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out.html

Real time engagement#OccupyColombo @ 6.17pm 100% of 99% missing. Who actually came? Comprehensive #fail Only walkers and joggers here #lka pic.twitter.com/AJEjTQEI

Facebook the new Flickr?

Facebook the new Flickr? On average, over 250 million photos are uploaded a day, or over 6 billion per month. There are over 90 billion photos total on Facebook.47 years to go through, one second per photo.By far, the largest photos site on the Internet.

Post PC worldTablets and mobiles are driving creation and consumption

Consumption increase 500px iPad app

Consumption increase Guardian iPad app

Converging devicesPoint & shoot vs. mobiles (iPhone 4S)

http://grassrootsmapping.org

New ways of seeingMicrosoft Photosynth

It’s not the tech

YOU matterGroundviews iPhone app

Thank yousanjanah@gmail.com

Photo sources & credits• Slide 1,Vikalpa, http://www.ﬂickr.com/vikalpasl• Slide 2, Image from Martha Marshall, http://artistsjournal.wordpress.com/ 2009/08/28/wet-paint/• Slide 3, Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Liberty_Leading_the_People• Slide 4, Image from http://cultureandstuff.com/2011/08/13/marie- antoinette-on-trial-your-cut-out-and-keep-guide-to-reading-the-trial- part-1/• Slide 5, Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Washingtons_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River• Slide 6, Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War• Slide 7, Image from http://www.createandshare.net/tag/spanish-revolution

Photo sources & credits• Slide 8, Image from http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/48631/egyptian- activists-kiss-soldiers-and-riot-police-strike-blows-against-tyrants- everywhere/. See commentary here http://www.theatlantic.com/ international/archive/2011/01/egypt-why-the-kiss-picture-is-so-radical/ 70518/• Slide 9, Image from http://muslimahmediawatch.org/2011/01/women-in- tunisias-revolution/• Slide 10, Image from http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/ live-blog-libya• Slide 11, Image from http://www.acento.com.do/index.php/news/8157/56/ Una-multitud-de-indignados-protestaron-en-un-millar-de-ciudades-por- todo-el-mundo.html• Slide 12, Image from http://vorige.nrc.nl/article2277072.ece

Photo sources & credits• Slide 21, Image from http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/ 2011/04/21/6503987-in-memory-of-photojournalist-chris-hondros• Slide 22, image from http://www.projectuprising.org/• Slide 23, image from http://www.guardian.co.uk/ﬁlm/2011/jun/06/social- media-documentary-makers• Slide 26, image from http://panamoz.com/index.php/catalog/product/ gallery/image/2923/id/1193/• Slide 27, image from http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/gallery/item/ Nokia_E521.php• Slide 30, image from http://www.cultofmac.com/125823/iphone-4s- outshines-many-high-end-compact-cameras-says-camera-creator/ iphone_camera_improvements-728-75/

Photo sources & credits• Slide 32, image from http://groundviews.org/2009/08/15/first-images-the- flooding-in-menik-camp-and-the-increasingly-dire-situation-for-idps/• Slide 33, image from http://www.flickr.com/vikalpasl• Slide 34, image from http://www.flickr.com/vikalpasl• Slide 35, image from http://www.movingimages.asia• Slide 36, image from http://www.movingimages.asia• Slide 37, image from http://groundviews.org/2010/05/29/the-big-stink-in- sri-lanka• Slide 38, image from http://www.womenandmedia.net/options/?p=395

Photo sources & credits• Slide 43, image from http://twitter.com/#!/groundviews/status/ 129903570228232193/photo/1• Slide 46, image from http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/05/05/remember- the-milk-releases-intuitive-yet-powerful-ipad-app/• Slide 50, image courtesy Apple, http://www.apple.com/iphone/built-in- apps/camera.html• Slide 55, image from http://walyou.com/president-barack-obama- newspaper-headlines-collage/

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