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Digital Photography Studies

From Images to Material Visual Practices

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Handbuch Soziale Praktiken und Digitale Alltagswelten

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This text presents a historical and contextual account of the study of digital photography, from some seminal texts on photography during the analogue era to the emergence and consolidation of studies on digital photography. The texts suggest the importance of developing a new agenda for material visual practices that goes beyond image-centric approaches to photography.

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    Edgar Gómez Cruz

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Gómez Cruz, E. (2020). Digital Photography Studies. In: Friese, H., Nolden, M., Rebane, G., Schreiter, M. (eds) Handbuch Soziale Praktiken und Digitale Alltagswelten. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-08357-1_12

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