Digital Image Systems: Photography and New Technologies at the Düsseldorf School

Claus Gunti

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2020

Digital Image Systems

Photography and New Technologies at the Düsseldorf School

Claus Gunti
Funded by: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

Volume 116 in the series Image

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839439029

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How have digital technologies affected the truth claim of photography? What has been the artistic response to the technological and societal transformations the digital revolution has brought about?
Claus Gunti explores the widespread implications of the digital in the work of renowned photographers of the Düsseldorf School, Thomas Ruff, Andreas Gursky and Jörg Sasse, stretching from ties to conceptual art to the development of a globalized visual culture. The study provides a model for understanding the digital revolution in photography and shows that it ought to be understood beyond a strictly technological perspective.

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Claus Gunti (PhD) teaches history of contemporary art at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and at the University of Art and Design Lausanne (ECAL). His research primarily focuses on digital imagery.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Contents Open Access Download PDF	4
0 Introduction
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	8
A FRAMING THE DÜSSELDORF SCHOOL Open Access Download PDF	20
B WHAT IS DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY? Open Access Download PDF	31
1 Reception of digital photography: post-photographic theories and the German documentary discourse
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	40
A EMERGENCE OF A GERMAN DOCUMENTARY TRADITION Open Access Download PDF	47
B THE END OF PHOTOGRAPHY Open Access Download PDF	77
C DISCOURSE ON DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN GERMANY Open Access Download PDF	98
2 Archeology of computing: photo-conceptualism, the Becher protocol and early computer art
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	116
A PRE-DIGITAL MECHANISMS IN CONTEXT: 1960S / 1970S Open Access Download PDF	120
B SERIAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND COMBINATORIAL FUNCTIONS: A TRANS-HISTORICAL PATTERN Open Access Download PDF	137
3 Emergence of digital tools in Düsseldorf (1987 – 1998)
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A DIGITAL RETOUCHING TOOLS Open Access Download PDF	156
B DIGITAL STITCHING Open Access Download PDF	175
C EARLY DIGITAL COMPOSITIONS Open Access Download PDF	203
D THOMAS RUFF’S ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL EXPERIMENTS WITH THE PORTRAIT Open Access Download PDF	219
4 Generalization of digital aesthetics in Düsseldorf (1999 – 2015)
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A COMPLEX COMPOSITES: ANDREAS GURSKY’S GENERIC WORLD Open Access Download PDF	243
B IMAGE RECYCLING AND APPROPRIATIVE POSITIONS Open Access Download PDF	259
C THOMAS RUFF’S GENERATED PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE LIMITS OF REPRESENTATION Open Access Download PDF	300
D GENERIC PICTURE REALITIES Open Access Download PDF	314
5 Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	320
6 Appendix
A BIBLIOGRAPHY Open Access Download PDF	334
B INDEX Open Access Download PDF	346
C ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Open Access Download PDF	349

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 352
Keywords: Art; Digital; Culture; Computer; Germany; Düsseldorf School; Thomas Ruff; Andreas Gursky; Jörg Sasse; Art History of the 21st Century; European Art; Visual Studies; Fine Arts

eBook

Published: January 27, 2020
ISBN: 9783839439029