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Photography is now a highly automated activity where people enjoy phototaking by pointing and pressing a button. While this liberates people from having to interact with the processes of photography, e.g., controlling the parameters of the camera or printing images in the darkroom, we argue that an engagement with such processes can in fact enrich people’s experience of phototaking. Drawing from fieldwork with members of a film-based photography club, we found that people who engage deeply with the various processes of phototaking experienced photography richly and meaningfully. Being able to participate fully in the entire process gave them a sense of achievement over the final result. Having the opportunity to engage with the process also allowed them to learn and hone their photographic skills. Through this understanding, we can imagine future technologies that enrich experiences of photography through providing the means to interact with photographic processes in new ways.
Author(s): Ploderer B, Leong TW, Ashkanasy S, Howard S
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Designing Interactive Systems (DIS)
Year of Conference: 2012
Pages: 224-233
Publisher: ACM Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2317956.2317992
DOI: 10.1145/2317956.2317992
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9781450312103
