From the Photograph to the Meta-Image My Practice-Led Search for a New Digital Epistemology

From the Photograph to the Meta-Image My Practice-Led Search for a New Digital Epistemology

My contribution explores how design impacts visual communication. Building on my professional background as a photographic journalist, I contextualise my practice to assess the ontological shift from the photograph to the Meta-Image. I conclude by recommending for visual journalism a framework of th...

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Main Author: Massimiliano Fusari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-11-01
Series:Proceedings
Subjects:
visual communication
visual epistemology
visual journalism
practice-led research
digital ontology
visual ontology
photography
photojournalism
pictorial turn
visual cultures
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/1/9/889
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Summary:My contribution explores how design impacts visual communication. Building on my professional background as a photographic journalist, I contextualise my practice to assess the ontological shift from the photograph to the Meta-Image. I conclude by recommending for visual journalism a framework of theoretical research and digital multi-strand engagement, which is visually embedding, multimedia and multi-layered. Its digital format and media platform is what I call the Meta-Image.
ISSN:2504-3900

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