Auto : self-presentation and digital photography

Today we are all photographers. Self-portraits are everywhere and snapshots of our lives are circulated and shared frenetically on various social media networks. Distinctions are blurred, not only between the private and public spheres but also between professional and amateur photographic practices. This calls for increased knowledge about the performative characteristics of digitised and networked visual communication. What are the limits of automation and what is the potential of virtuality? 'Auto' investigates how the everyday digital photography of our times challenges notions of autobiography, interactivity, and democracy
CONTENTS:
1. Sarah Kember: Ubiquitous Photography and the Ambient Intelligent Amateur ;
2. Willem Popelier: Digital Narcissism ;
3. Louise Wolthers: Autographing: Digitized Self-Imagery ;
4. Daniel Trottier: Sharinbg the Self.