Filter #8: Photography Post-Truth
How does
photography convey and shape our perception of
reality? And how are images used
to mobilise emotions, consolidate political narratives
or deliberately
manipulate public opinion?
FILTER #8: Photography Post-Truth
focuses
on the political and media upheavals since 2016,
when ‘post-truth’ was named
word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries. The rapid
spread of fake news, the
rise of conspiracy-ideological content on social
media – especially during and
after the COVID-19 pandemic – and the propagandistic
use of press and war
photography in current conflicts, mark a profound
shift in the way we relate to
photographic images. At the same time, with the
proliferation of photorealistic
AI-generated images, whose creation is completely
detached from the notion that
photography depicts ‘what has been’, photography
finds itself in the midst of a
paradigm shift so powerful that neither users,
developers or politicians can
keep up, with the result that both legislation and
ethical guidelines in the
field are lagging behind.
FILTER
#8: Photography Post-Truth
brings together essays, interviews and artistic
positions by
internationally renowned writers, researchers and
artists who shed light on
this development from different perspectives.
Contributions include articles by:
- Lewis
Bush (UK), lecturer in photojournalism and
documentary photography, on the
growing mistrust of photojournalism and strategies
for strengthening the
credibility of photography at a time when its
authenticity is being questioned.
- photo
historian Rolf Sachsse (DE) on the Nazis'
use of photography as a
propaganda tool.
- artist
and PhD fellow at the Hasselblad Foundation Kerstin
Hamilton (SE) on how
scientific photographs and technology shape our
understanding of the world.
- art
historian Oscar Vindel Schönström (DK) on
the history of the Copenhagen
art gallery Fotografisk Center and developments in
documentary and artistic
photography since the 1990s.
As well as
an interview with artist and member of the German
Photo Council Boris
Eldagsen (DE) on the difference between
photography and AI-generated
photorealistic images and the significance of the rise
of artificial
intelligence for the future of photography.
The texts
are supplemented by portfolio contributions by
international acclaimed artists Tina
Enghoff (DK), Joan Fontcuberta (ES), Andreas
Koch (DE), Lewis
Koch (US), Astrid Kruse Jensen (DK), Andréas
Lang (DE), and Laura
Rautjoki (FI).
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About Filter for Photography
FILTER is a
photo journal in book format that examines the social,
political and artistic
significance of photography from a cultural studies
perspective. Each issue is
dedicated to a specific theme and integrates both
contemporary photography and
historical photographic material, as well as different
types of photography
(amateur, art, documentary, press, travel and
scientific photography).
Editor: Camilla Kragelund
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