Photography from the Turin Shroud to the Turing Machine (Paperback, New edition)

This book introduces two conceptual models of photography: the Turin Shroud and the universal Turing machine. The Turin Shroud inspires a discussion on photography's frequently acclaimed 'ontological privilege', which has conditioned an understanding of photography as a sui generis breed of images wherein pictorial representation is coextensive with human vision. This is then contrasted with a discussion of the universal Turing machine, which integrates photography into a framework of media philosophy and algorithmic art. Here, photography becomes more than just the present-day sum of its depiction traditions, devices and dissemination networks. Rather, it is archetypical of multiple systems of abstraction and classification, and various other symbolic processes of transformation.

General

Imprint:	Intellect
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2020
Authors:	Yanai Toister
Dimensions:	244 x 169 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	235
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-78938-156-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic equipment & techniques Promotions
LSN:	1-78938-156-8
Barcode:	9781789381566

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