Post-photography: from the image of the world to the world of images
Abstract
This work analyzes post-photography as a phenomenon that allows us to reflect on a moment
in civilization in which the image constitutes a fundamental resource for contemporary society. A critical
view is proposed to examine the way in which the current post-photographic era would be related to the
culmination of the becoming image of the world. This proposal is based on a historical-hermeneutical
approach supported by bibliographic documentation, examples of works of art and events that help
locate some of the main changes in the uses and values of photography. In the same way, it is analyzed
how this new reality of the image has impacted the notions of authorship and originality. These notions
stimulate artistic practices based on appropriation and recycling strategies that, although they are not
unknown forms of creation, are useful for navigating the current iconic ocean. Thus, it is evident that
the post-photographic comprises a means not so much to represent as to experiment with the real, with
the image of the real, and with the reality of the image.
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