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From: natasha
Subject: book release
Date: 12 October 2025 at 17:29:57 GMT+2
Natasha Chuk. Photo Obscura: The Photographic in Post-Photography. Bristol/Chicago: Intellect, 2025. 198 pages.
Drawing on photo history, media studies, visual studies, art history, and the digital humanities, Photo Obscura argues that the profound transformation of post-photography is not merely a trend but a significant movement that redefines photography by integrating it with emerging technologies and creative practices, resulting in works that may not even resemble photographs but still retain a photographic influence. It is structured around various themes, including AI-generated images, the intersection of digital and physical art forms, and the changing relationship between visual representation and perception with in-depth discussions of artworks by Richard A. Carter, Stephanie Dinkins, Snow Yunxue Fu, Carla Gannis, Pascal Greco, Claudia Hart, Auriea Harvey, Sophie Kahn, Ida Kvetny, Lev Manovich, Maria Mavropoulou, Rosa Menkman, Colette Robbins, Penelope Umbrico, and Diana Velasco.
Contents
INTRODUCTION: FROM PHOTOGRAPHY TO PHOTOGRAPHIC
CHAPTER 1: ON POST-PHOTOGRAPHY: WITH, THROUGH, AND BECAUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1
CHAPTER 2: A BRIEF HISTORY OF AI IMAGES, OR THE NEW COMPOSITE, CAMERALESS, POST-PHOTOGRAPHIC, STATISTICAL, VERNACULAR IMAGE 21
CHAPTER 3: EXPRESSIVE REALITIES
Claudia Hart, Maria Mavropoulou, and Diana Velasco 43
CHAPTER 4: A ROBUST FLATNESS
Rosa Menkman, Auriea Harvey, Penelope Umbrico, and Richard A. Carter 71
CHAPTER 5: VIRTUAL LANDSCAPES AND HYBRID BODIES
Pascal Greco and Snow Yunxue Fu 93
CHAPTER 6: PERFORMING THE ARCHIVE
Stephanie Dinkins and Carla Gannis 119
CHAPTER 7: PHOTO OBJECTS
Sophie Kahn, Colette Robbins, and Ida Kvetny 143
CHAPTER 8: BETWEEN RESISTANCE AND THE EXPANSION OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Lev Manovich 171
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