Framing photos in the digital dark age: towards a socio-technological 'ecology of images'

S. Caldwell; T. Gedeon

doi:10.1117/12.2598440

1 August 2021 Framing photos in the digital dark age: towards a socio-technological 'ecology of images'

S. Caldwell, T. Gedeon

Proceedings Volume 11842, Applications of Digital Image Processing XLIV; 118420N (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2598440
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2021, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The ecology of images of which Susan Sontag spoke in 1978 is urgently needed now if we are to establish a framework within which the daily onslaught of uncertain imagery can be understood, and a reliable photographic record of our current and future real world can be preserved. Many technologies (ubiquitous digital photography, sophisticated camera sensors, image editing, ‘deep fakes,’ GAN imaging) have brought to fruition the potential for photographic images to expand into a wide range of ‘ecological’ niches. The contexts that apply to image distribution (digital platforms, social engineering, governmental regulation) are daily news.Drawing together a range of investigations into aspects of the human-image nexus using eye gaze signals, neural networks, online surveys, educational workshops and research into digital platforms, we outline the main technological and social features of a potential ‘ecology of images’ that may help shine light on the panoply of images of our times.

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S. Caldwell and T. Gedeon "Framing photos in the digital dark age: towards a socio-technological 'ecology of images'", Proc. SPIE 11842, Applications of Digital Image Processing XLIV, 118420N (1 August 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2598440

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