The Unifying Aspects of Cultures
SECTION:
Photography: The Picture of the World - The World of Pictures
Chair of the section/Suggestions, Abstracts, Papers to:
Email: Jana
Wisniewski (Vienna)
The medium of photography differs from drawn, painted or written
communications because of its universal language. If one disregards
the religiously mandated prohibition against images and manipulations
for the purpose of falsifying data, photography is a friendly
power in the world. Ever since it has been possible to send pictures
as SMS with a handy and a built in camera, we have entered a new
age in which pictures are available without any loss of time.
Photography as art, photography as sequential pictures in journalism,
photography as postcard greeting - all of this can be achieved
with little or a great deal of aptitude and talent. Nonverbal
communication can unify nations, arouse emotions, cause misunderstandings,
be subservient, bring pleasure or be put at the service of power.
As an art critic/photographer I would like to examine analogs
and digital techniques.