Plastic Borders: On the Photographic Frame and its Virtual Experience

Gortazar, P. 2024. Plastic Borders: On the Photographic Frame and its Virtual Experience. Photographies. 17 (1-2), pp. 115-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/17540763.2023.2269401

TitlePlastic Borders: On the Photographic Frame and its Virtual Experience
TypeJournal article
AuthorsGortazar, P.
Abstract

During the last decade, a number of media theorists have defended the idea that photography, through its new computational and networked existence, is progressively losing its representa-tional identity. While it is evident that the computational materiality of networked photo-graphs has turned most distributed images into data generating assets, the way most photographs continue to operate in our society suggests that the specificity of the medium remains practically unaltered since modernist times. In an age where immersive virtual worlds will soon dominate our online interactions, this paper discusses the current forms and uses of photography within the emerging virtual spaces. Through practice-led, experimental research on the use of virtual cameras to record immersive, lived experiences, and the analysis of recent works produced by the so-called virtual photographers documenting their gaming interactions, this study investigates the value of the photographic frame as a still, two-dimensional representation, while questioning its function within extended reality environments.

JournalPhotographies
Journal citation17 (1-2), pp. 115-127
ISSN1754-0763
1754-0771
Year2024
PublisherTaylor & Francis
Publisher's version
License
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
File Access Level
Open (open metadata and files)
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/17540763.2023.2269401
Publication dates
Published27 Feb 2024

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