Unseen images: Gigapixel photography and its viewers

Kate Palmer Albers

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Abstract

Photographs have long been recognized as providing a surfeit of information. This article takes up the recent emergence of gigapixel photography in its various forms as a technology in which the appeal of maximum image density is taken for granted. The article considers the "snapshot" mode of gigapixel photography as it reconfigures the conventional relationship of the viewer of a photograph to the place depicted. By providing an extraordinary quantity of photographic information for a viewer within every single frame, gigapixel "snapshots" produce images that anticipate the active participation of a future viewer, expect multiple reconfigurations of framing edges, and rely on unanticipated content for value and meaning.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)11-22
Number of pages12
JournalPhotographies
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • Communication
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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