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UNTHINKING
PHOTOGRAPHY

Unthinking Photography is an online resource that explores photography's
increasingly automated, networked life.

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THE OBJECTIONS OF LADY LOVELACE: DIFFUSION MODELS AND THE SYNTHETIC MUSE

Sonia Bernac Jeremy Keenan
2024-04
By analysing the use of noise, probability and randomness in generative AI,
Sonia Bernac and Jeremy Keenan question what the emergent aesthetics of
diffusion models really are, and whether it’s possible to move away from a
visual output that is only determined by probability. 
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WORLD IMAGINING GAME

Benjamin Hall Frances Lingard
2023-06

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SMALL FILE PHOTO FESTIVAL

TPG
2023-01

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A·KIN

Aarati Akkapeddi
2022-10

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WAYS OF MACHINE SEEING (TEACHERS ACTIVITIES)

TPG
2024-04

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MODELS ALL THE WAY DOWN

TPG
2024-04

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ELEMENTAL COMPUTING

TPG
2024-03

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artists projects environment acceleration hack artificial intelligence image
economy algorithms camera capture computation future geographies machine vision
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THE AMORPHOUS FEED

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ON THE FERMENTATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA

Max Ardito
2024-04
An introduction to signal theory, explaining key mathematical concepts such as
‘representation’ and ‘groups’. Max Ardito takes a technical approach to look at
the constructions that produce digital images. In doing so, he asks: how does
digital media age, and what influences its aging?
representation aesthetics artificial intelligence computation formats noise
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ALTERNATIVE NETWORKS

Padmini Ray Murray
2024-02
A reflection into the work of Design Beku, a mesh network in Southern India,
which reimagines the idea of data governance through methodologies of ethical
care.
alternative networks glossaries network culture governance infrastructure
communities
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PERFECTLY CLEAR: INTERVIEW WITH JESSICA WILSON

Arieh Frosh Jessica Wilson
2024-01
Jessica Wilson and Arieh Frosh discuss Jessica's computer generated animation
"Perfectly Clear". Focusing on how the artist relates to processes and software
in animation, they discuss intention and legibility across our screen-based
interactions.
3D scanning CGI synthetic imaging avatars bodies
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ABUNDANCE

Mónica Alcázar-Duarte
2023-10
Mónica Alcázar-Duarte reflects on how abundance in indigenous culture is in
contrast with ideas of aspiration and eternal growth.
abundance glossaries
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ACTIVISM

Yung Au
2023-10
Yung Au considers the term Activism through a retrospective lens, and how it
claims to bring possible futures
activism glossaries future
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COMMUNITIES

Srujana Katta
2023-10
Srujana Katta considers how Community artefacts as shown through an ephemeral
piece of daily life: the screenshot
communities glossaries labour screenshot
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HISTORY

Dhruv Jani
2023-10
Dhruv Jani reflects on the term History, using a little-known album of seventeen
images from the town of Itihasnagar
history glossaries archive
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THE PERFORMATIVITY OF GROUND-TRUTH DATA

Milagros Miceli Tianling Yang
2023-09
Images are the fuel of computer vision. In this text, the sociologists and
computer science researchers Miceli Milagros and Tianling Yang, discuss the
performativity of ground truth data that are produced in image labeling
processes.
data labour computer vision annotation
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HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF DIGITAL IMAGE FORMATS

Jon Sneyers
2023-08
Per photo, digital photography is undeniably more eco-friendly than analogue
film photography. However, we make orders of magnitude more photos now than in
the analogue times. This article discusses the history of digital image formats
and their ecological footprint.
ecology formats history environment
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“YOU CAN’T LOOK INTO MY EYES.” THE AESTHETICS OF SMALL-FILE CINEMA

Yani Kong Laura Marks
2023-05
Yani Kong and Laura Marks discuss the genre and aesthetics of small file cinema
that inspired The Photographers' Gallery "Small File Photo Festival" in 2023.
ecology consumption image files formats
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DELETE BY DEFAULT

Jon Uriarte
2023-04
This article speculates how photography could evolve to face the challenges that
the networked image and the environmental emergency has brought forward. It
suggests a radical change in the visual cultures developed along with the
adoption of a new file format.
ecology Social media abundance networked image photography
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WHEN I IMAGE THE EARTH, I IMAGINE ANOTHER

open-weather
2021-11
On the first day of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, a network of people
operating DIY satellite ground stations around the world will capture a
collective snapshot of the Earth.
ecology network culture artists projects satellite imagery communities
geographies
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IS THIS THE MIDDLE EAST?

TPG
2024-03
Rayane Jemaa's project investigating representation of the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA) in a selection of video games, reconstructed using photogrammetry.
photogrammetry archive CGI artists projects geographies in-game photography
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ACTIVISM

Su Myat
2024-02
Su Myat explores the role of organisations like Myanmar Witness to consider
digital evidence and how activism and photography converge in a networked world.
activism glossaries human rights journalism evidence
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NUCA CAMERA

TPG
2024-01
"An AI-powered camera that redefines image creation. NUCA captures individuals
in their purest form – no clothing, literally stripped down to their authentic
selves in their natural state."
artists projects artificial intelligence bias diffusion computational
photography camera
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PARAGRAPHICA

TPG
2023-12
Bjoern Karmann's context-to-image camera that uses location data and artificial
intelligence to visualize a "photo" of a specific place and moment.
camera photographer image culture virtuality artists projects
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PHILOSOPHY OF THE DIGITAL IMAGE

TPG
2023-12

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NIGHTSHADE

TPG
2023-11
Researchers from the University of Chicago introduce Nightshade, an optimized
prompt-specific poisoning attack where poison samples look visually identical to
benign images with matching text prompts.
dataset image manipulation research operational image tools
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WONDER3D

TPG
2023-11
A new research paper that produces consistent multi-view normal maps and
correpsonding color images, and thus reconstructs high-fidelity textured mesh
from a single image in only 2~3 minutes.
research image recomposition 3D models unthinking photography dataset diffusion
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GLANCE BACK

TPG
2023-10
Maya Man's Glance Back will quickly snap a photo of you once a day at random
when you open a new tab and inquire: “What are you thinking about?”
artists projects Social media networked image ephemeral extensions authorship
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