Inadvertent Images
Title | Inadvertent Images PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Geimer |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2018-03-14 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 022647190X |
As an artistic medium, photography is uniquely subject to accidents, or disruptions, that can occur in the making of an artwork. Though rarely considered seriously, those accidents can offer fascinating insights about the nature of the medium and how it works. With Inadvertent Images, Peter Geimer explores all kinds of photographic irritation from throughout the history of the medium, as well as accidental images that occur through photo-like means, such as the image of Christ on the Shroud of Turin, brought into high resolution through photography. Geimer’s investigations complement the history of photographic images by cataloging a corresponding history of their symptoms, their precarious visibility, and the disruptions threatened by image noise. Interwoven with the familiar history of photography is a secret history of photographic artifacts, spots, and hazes that historians have typically dismissed as “spurious phenomena,” “parasites,” or “enemies of the photographer.” With such photographs, it is virtually impossible to tell where a “picture” has been disrupted—where the representation ends and the image noise begins. We must, Geimer argues, seek to keep both in sight: the technical making and the necessary unpredictability of what is made, the intentional and the accidental aspects, representation and its potential disruption.
Forensic Digital Imaging and Photography
Title | Forensic Digital Imaging and Photography PDF eBook |
Author | Herbert L. Blitzer |
Publisher | Academic Press |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2002-01-24 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780121064112 |
"This hands-on guide clarifies the difference between what can be done digitally and what should be done in a forensic setting, and helps the reader "learn by doing" with exercises and step-by-step instructions. The images and exercises in the CD-ROM provide practical examples of the techniques described in the book." "Law enforcement professionals who follow the recommendations in this text can feel confident that their handling of imaging evidence will stand up to the high standards necessary for prosecuting criminal cases."--BOOK JACKET.
The American Journal of Science
Title | The American Journal of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Mrs. Gambold |
Publisher | |
Pages | 564 |
Release | 1880 |
Genre | Botany |
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American Journal of Science and Arts
Title | American Journal of Science and Arts PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 558 |
Release | 1880 |
Genre | Science |
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American Journal of Science
Title | American Journal of Science PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 564 |
Release | 1880 |
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The American Journal of Science
Title | The American Journal of Science PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 576 |
Release | 1880 |
Genre | Earth sciences |
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The Affect Lab
Title | The Affect Lab PDF eBook |
Author | Grant Bollmer |
Publisher | U of Minnesota Press |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2023-09-29 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1452969817 |
Examines how our understanding of emotion is shaped by the devices we use to measure it Since the late nineteenth century, psychologists have used technological forms of media to measure and analyze emotion. In The Affect Lab, Grant Bollmer examines the use of measurement tools such as electrical shocks, photography, video, and the electroencephalograph to argue that research on emotions has confused the physiology of emotion with the tools that define its inscription. Bollmer shows that the psychological definitions of emotion have long been directly shaped by the physical qualities of the devices used in laboratory research. To investigate these devices, The Affect Lab examines four technologies related to the history of psychology in North America: spiritualist toys at Harvard University, serial photography in early American psychological laboratories, experiments on “psychopaths” performed with an instrument called an Offner Dynograph, and the development of the “electropsychometer,” or “E-Meter,” by Volney Mathison and L. Ron Hubbard. Challenging the large body of humanities research surrounding affect theory, The Affect Lab identifies an understudied problem in formulations of affect: how affect is a construction inseparable from the techniques and devices used to identify and measure it. Ultimately, Bollmer offers a new critique of affect and affect theory, demonstrating how deferrals to psychology and neuroscience in contemporary theory and philosophy neglect the material of experimental, scientific research. Retail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and/or extended descriptions.