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From Light-drawing, Pixel-making to Prompt-creating: On the Ontological Transformation of Photography (91129)
Session Chair: Cedric van Eenoo
This presentation will be live-streamed via Zoom (Online Access)
Friday, 16 May 2025 13:40
Session: Session 3
Room: Live-Stream Room 3
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
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Photography's inherent ability to "draw by light” and its realistic documentary qualities are revealed by its original intent. However, the nature and substance of photography are constantly being challenged and altered by modern technology. This study traces the development of photography from a light-inscriptive art form to a computational and algorithmic activity, examining the fundamental ontological and technological transformation of the medium. The present study employs a cultural-historical-theoretical discursive methodology to investigate ontological transformations in photographic essence by analyzing the shift from old chemical-optical processes and digital pixel-based representations to modern algorithmic-driven generating. According to the research, there have been three significant paradigm shifts in photography. Each stage challenges conventional notions of realistic representation, authorship, and authenticity while also signifying a fundamental reconfiguration of photographic ontology and a technological advancement. The study shows how technological infrastructures gradually decenter human intentionality through theoretical analysis and critical historical analysis, turning photography from a mimetic practice to a generative computational discourse. A radical epistemological breach is represented by the emergence of prompt-based photography, or promptography, where creative production is a negotiated conversation between algorithmic potential and human intention. This study reexamines the technological mediation, computational creativity, and the changing relationship between human agents and digital technology in contemporary visual culture by examining three significant transformations from traditional photography, digital photography, and promtography.
Authors:
Chih-Yung Aaron Chiu, Tsing Hua University Taiwan, Taiwan
About the Presenter(s)
Professor Chih-Yung Aaron CHIU is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at Tsing Hua University Taiwan in Taiwan
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