After photography

We cite from the cover:
"After Photography examines the myriad ways in which the digital media has fundamentally altered the way we receive visual information, from photos of news events taken by ordinary people on cell phones to the widespread use of image surveillance. Simultaneously, the increased manipulation of photographs has made photography suspect as reliable documentation, raising questions about its role in recounting personal and public histories. In the tradition of John Berger and Susan Sontag, Fred Ritchin analyzes photography's failings and reveals untapped potentials for this evolving medium.
The digital revolution, if it truly is to be a revolution, will see a transformation of photography into a more expansive set of media strategies. The digital environment allows image-makers to veer from a conventional, Newtonian view of the world to one that considers countless views — no longer the aggressive "shooting" of pictures controlled by one photographer, there is the possibility of including other, competing voices, including those of the subjects.
Ritchin—one of our most influential commentators on photography—investigates the future of visual media as the digital revolution transforms images into a hypertextual medium, fundamentally changing the way we conceptualize the world. In a world beset by critical problems and ambiguous boundaries, Ritchin argues that it is time to begin energetically exploring possibilities created by technological innovations, and to use them to better understand our rapidly changing world."
Contents : /
Chapter 1: Into the Digital /
Chapter 2: Of Pixels and Paradox /
Chapter 3: From Zero to One /
Chapter 4: Mosaic Connections /
Chapter 5: Beginning the Conversation /
Chapter 6: Image, War, Legacy /
Chapter 7: The Social Photograph /
Chapter 8: Toward a Hyperphotography /
Chapter 9: Of Synthetics and Cyborgs /
Chapter 10: A Quantum Leap /
Afterword