7. Roh:
Need we master the mechanism in order to
become a “good” photographer? No.
Organizing, individualizing principles.
Personality is required.
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8. Roh: 5 types of “applied photography”
1. photogram
2. photomontage
3. reality photo
4. photo combined with typography
5. photo combined with etching/painting
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9. Tim, paraphrasing Kate & Latoya:
“Do all technologies drastically alter our ways of
perceiving the world? Or, do we primarily attribute
this quality to technologies associated with
language? How might this affect how we think
about technological determinism? Meaning, is it
possible to make small claims about determinism
—such as, technologies associated with language
determine shifts in collective human perception?”
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10. Hoelscher:
The camera is simultaneously a technology of
domination and survivance.
Assigning meaning to photographs depends on
understanding the contexts of creation and
circulation.
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11. Ben:
I’m no “guns don’t kill people” fanatic because that’s absurd, but how
much agency do we pin on photographic technologies in the history
that Hoelscher describes, and how much do we pin on colonialization,
western reason, and capitalism?
Is photography really a “‘predatory weapon’ in American
colonialism” (9), as Sontag describes it, or is it just a handy tool for a
variety of aims? What I’m asking is if Hoelscher thinks there is
something inherent in the technology that lead to this particular use,
and, if so, to what extent do you all agree?
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