Public mirror: legitimizing 'social' photography as a contemporary discipline
| dc.contributor.author | Gwaze, Alex | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-18T09:14:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-18T09:14:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-18T09:01:43Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | With all the public information about any famous person, topic or event 'googleable’ on the Internet, there seems to be nothing new for 'digital natives’ to discover other than the elusive Self. The Self is the 'new frontier’ and the smartphone camera is at the forefront of this quest, unearthing and exhibiting different kinds of content everyday. With over 95 million photographs and videos shared on Instagram daily; Photography has merged with social networking sites and applications (SNS/A) to become a recognisable phenomenon called – 'Social’ Photography. Despite its rich association with legitimate visual art-forms and numerous scholarly articles examining it’s various forms – the term 'Social’ Photography is unfamiliar to most. This inquiry discusses 'Social’ Photography in relation to existing literature to argue for its establishment as a legitimate discipline within the Creative Arts. By acknowledging its subjectivity and utilization of digital technologies, this study employed an interpretive group of methods and identified six characteristics of 'Social’ Photography – namely, (i) Activity, (ii) Participation, (iii) Identity, (iv) Glamour, (v) Protest, and (vi) Spectacle – that exemplify its capacity to curate a meaningful democratic public image. These six aspects can be used to categorize and formalize individual behaviour that can be analysed and interpreted to foster a better understanding of 'Social’ Photography as a discipline. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Gwaze, A. (2018). <i>Public mirror: legitimizing 'social' photography as a contemporary discipline</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29561 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Gwaze, Alex. <i>"Public mirror: legitimizing 'social' photography as a contemporary discipline."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29561 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Gwaze, A. 2018. Public mirror: legitimizing 'social' photography as a contemporary discipline. University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gwaze, Alex AB - With all the public information about any famous person, topic or event 'googleable’ on the Internet, there seems to be nothing new for 'digital natives’ to discover other than the elusive Self. The Self is the 'new frontier’ and the smartphone camera is at the forefront of this quest, unearthing and exhibiting different kinds of content everyday. With over 95 million photographs and videos shared on Instagram daily; Photography has merged with social networking sites and applications (SNS/A) to become a recognisable phenomenon called – 'Social’ Photography. Despite its rich association with legitimate visual art-forms and numerous scholarly articles examining it’s various forms – the term 'Social’ Photography is unfamiliar to most. This inquiry discusses 'Social’ Photography in relation to existing literature to argue for its establishment as a legitimate discipline within the Creative Arts. By acknowledging its subjectivity and utilization of digital technologies, this study employed an interpretive group of methods and identified six characteristics of 'Social’ Photography – namely, (i) Activity, (ii) Participation, (iii) Identity, (iv) Glamour, (v) Protest, and (vi) Spectacle – that exemplify its capacity to curate a meaningful democratic public image. These six aspects can be used to categorize and formalize individual behaviour that can be analysed and interpreted to foster a better understanding of 'Social’ Photography as a discipline. DA - 2018 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2018 T1 - Public mirror: legitimizing 'social' photography as a contemporary discipline TI - Public mirror: legitimizing 'social' photography as a contemporary discipline UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29561 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29561 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Gwaze A. Public mirror: legitimizing 'social' photography as a contemporary discipline. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2018 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29561 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Film and Media Studies | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject.other | Documentary Arts | |
| dc.title | Public mirror: legitimizing 'social' photography as a contemporary discipline | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationname | MA |