For an Ecology of Images

By: null Peter Szendy

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Synopsis: A new, ecological approach to images by a renowned philosopherWhen Susan Sontag first proposed the idea of an &“ecology of images,&” she meant it as an exhortation to be vigilant against the vast surplus of pictures threatening our ability to truly see. Today, beyond the deep anxieties over a diminishing attention economy, concern focuses on the environmental cost of storing and circulating the digital images that confront us with unprecedented speed.Against the disposable rapidity demanded by digital media, Peter Szendy emphasizes the labor and time required for images to develop and come into view. This inquisitive essay takes us from mimicry in the animal kingdom to the history of the shadow, Pliny&’s story about the birth of painting to Nabokov&’s butterflies, the first use of slo-mo in film to the first aerial photograph.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 128 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781804294338
Related ISBNs:: 9781804294314
Publisher:: Verso Books
Date of Addition:: 01/28/25
Copyrighted By:: Marco Roth
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Computers and Internet, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:: null Marco Roth