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Saturday, May 17, 2014

Review: Wells, Photography: A Critical Introduction: Ch 7: Photography in the age of electronic imaging , 4th ed, 2009

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Chapter author Martin Lister, professor Visual Culture at University of the West of England, Bristol (same institution as Michelle Henning, chapter four author on Photography and the Human Body).

Lister notes that in this book’s many editions this chapter has been most heavily edited, reflecting the rapidly changing nature of digital imaging technology.  When digital first arrived there was some question as to how it would affect photography.  Today digital is the norm, completely supplanting analog, while film has become a niche practice.  Among the changes he observes: