From Box Brownies to Camera Phones

Interessant konsept dette: Museum of Photographic Arts i San Diego (MoPA) stiller ut amatørfotografier under tittelen "Snapshot: From Box Brownies to Camera Phones".

Et samarbeid mellom MoPA og fotoblogg-tjenesten TextAmerica sørger for at gamle bilder blir akkopangert av en 'live feed' med bilder tatt med mobiltelefoner.

This exhibition examines how family snapshots, taken by countless amateur photographers over the past hundred years, contribute a unique voice to the history of photography. Begun in 1888 with the introduction of Kodak's box camera and roll film, the snapshot provides seemingly casual information. Yet these small, vulnerable images carry powerful social codes regarding identity, gender, childhood, marriage, or leisure time. Alongside original black and white and color snapshots from the 1920s to the 1960s, MoPA adds a 21st century spin to this exhibition: a 'live feed' of camera phone images from textamerica.com will be displayed on three screens within the gallery. The exhibition asks the audience to evaluate how we picture and preserve notions of ourselves, our culture, our pasts, and a fuller investigation of the word "image."

Textamerica.com is a pioneer in mobile blogging (moblog) technology, enabling non-technical people to professionally publish content, instantly to the web, from any web-enabled device and providing advanced users with state of the art technology and easy to use web based applications.

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