Search for dissertations about: "photography"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 146 swedish dissertations containing the word photography.

2. 1. Impure vision : American staged art photography of the 1970s

   Author : Moa Goysdotter; Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; vision; phenomenology; postphenomenology; visuality; Lucas Samaras; Arthur Tress; Duane Michals; Les Krims; staged photography; art photography; history of photography; 20th century photography; photography from the 1970s; American photography;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore how American staged art photographers in the 1970s problematized a traditional, visualist approach to the photograph as mediator or interface between human subject and reality, which had been present in the straight photography that had dominated American art photography from the early decades of the twentieth century. Instead of viewing the camera as an objective, optical device and photographs as mechanically reproducible artistic products, the proponents of the new "staged photography" seized the possibilities of conveying holistic life experiences by employing a full range of sensory impressions. READ MORE

4. 2. Computational Photography : High Dynamic Range and Light Fields

   Author : Saghi Hajisharif; Jonas Unger; Anders Ynnerman; Karol Myszkowski; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : The introduction and recent advancements of computational photography have revolutionized the imaging industry. Computational photography is a combination of imaging techniques at the intersection of various fields such as optics, computer vision, and computer graphics. READ MORE

5. 3. “Bridal Couples" : On Hybridity in Conceptual Chinese Photography 1995–2009

   Author : Eva Aggeklint; Marja Kaikkonen; Julia F. Andrews; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; China; Reform Period China; Contemporary Chinese Art; Contemporary Chinese Photography; Conceptual Photography; Bridal Photography; Bridal Couples; Art Market; Auction Houses; Third Space; Hybrid; Hybridity; Hybridisation; Interpretation; Asian Languages and Cultures; Asiens språk och kulturer;

   Abstract : Chinese art of the 1990s responded to the many changes in the environment and thereby to changes in personal lives. Many Chinese artists of the time were therefore concerned with their selves and their works reveal explorations of personal identity. READ MORE

6. 4. Computational Light Field Photography : Depth Estimation, Demosaicing, and Super-Resolution

   Author : Yongwei Li; Mårten Sjöström; Roger Olsson; Paolo Favaro; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Light field; computational photography; depth estimation; demosaicing; super-resolution;

   Abstract : The transition of camera technology from film-based cameras to digital cameras has been witnessed in the past twenty years, along with impressive technological advances in processing massively digitized media content. Today, a new evolution emerged -- the migration from 2D content to immersive perception. READ MORE

7. 5. In Search of the Pure Photograph : A Historiographic Study of the Farm Security Administration, Walker Evans, and the Survey Histories of Photography

   Author : Cecilia Strandroth; Marta Edling; Jan von Bonsdorff; Karin Becker; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art history; photography; historiography; documentary; history of photography; Farm Security Administration; Walker Evans; propaganda; modernism; media specificity; photographic archives; Konstvetenskap; History Of Art; konstvetenskap; Art;

   Abstract : The photographic archive of the American New Deal agency Farm Security Administration (created 1935-1943) occupies an important place in the history of photography as an exemplar of documentary photography and as symbol of the Great Depression. This dissertation is a historiographic study of this narrative of FSA photography, which investigates the archive's monumental position in the historical narration and demonstrates other possible readings. READ MORE