Reactionary Drift of the Discourses about the Digital

Authors

  • Claudio Marra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2179-8001.141697

Keywords:

Digital Photography, Post-photography, Index, Contemporary Art

Abstract

This article investigates the recent discourses about digital photography, regarding their technical and conceptual implications. By means of retrieving the idea of index proposed by Charles Sanders Pierce and Rosalind Krauss and considering the current uses of photography, we critically analyze the arguments of authors who advocate that the digital image represents a complete rupture with the chemical system. Such discourses, as the one presented by Joan Fontcuberta in Pandora’s Camera: Photography After Photography, fail to consider photography’s contribution to the art field and reinforce pre-modern conceptions about the artistic practice.

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Published

2024-08-01

How to Cite

Marra, C. (2024). Reactionary Drift of the Discourses about the Digital. PORTO ARTE: Revista De Artes Visuais, 28(49). https://doi.org/10.22456/2179-8001.141697

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DOSSIÊ: Exercícios do Político na Imagem Contemporânea

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