The Culture of Photography in Public Space (Critical Photography)

From privacy concerns regarding Google Street View to surveillance photography’s association with terrorism and sexual predators, photography as an art has become complex terrain upon which anxieties about public space have been played out. Yet the photographic threat is not limited to the image alone. A range of social, technological, and political issues converge in these rising anxieties and affect the practice, circulation, and consumption of contemporary public photography today. __The Culture of Photography in Public Space__ collects essays and photographs that offer a new response to these restrictions, the events, and the anxieties that give rise to them. Photography As An Art Has Become Complex Terrain Upon Which Anxieties About Public Space Have Been Played Out. Yet The Photographic Threat Is Not Limited To The Image Alone. A Range Of Social, Technological, And Political Issues Converge In These Rising Anxieties And Affect The Practice, Circulation, And Consumption Of Contemporary Public Photography Today. The Culture Of Photography In Public Space Collects Essays And Photographs That Offer A New Response To These Restrictions And To The Anxieties That Give Rise To Them. Foreword / Alfredo Cramerotti -- Introduction / Melissa Miles -- Standing On Shifting Ground: Privacy And Photography In Public / Melissa Miles -- Tilt / Simon Terrill -- No Credible Photographic Interest: Photography Restrictions And Surveillance In A Time Of Terror / Daniel Palmer And Jessica Whyte -- Street View-interface / Michael Wolf -- Bill Henson And The Polemics Of The Nude Child In Photography / Alexandra Heller-nicholas And Anne Marsh -- The Sleepers And Trafalgar Square / Cherine Fahd -- Criminalizing Camera Fiends: Photography Restrictions In The Age Of Digital Reproduction / Jessica Whyte -- In The Event Of Amnesia The City Will Recall / Denis Beaubois -- The Face In Digital Space / Martyn Jolly -- From Sixteen Google Street Views / Jon Rafman -- Google Street View And Photography In Public Space / Daniel Palmer. Edited By Anne Marsh, Melissa Miles, Daniel Palmer. Includes Bibliographical References.

From privacy concerns regarding Google Street View to surveillance photography’s association with terrorism and sexual predators, photography as an art has become complex terrain upon which anxieties about public space have been played out. Yet the photographic threat is not limited to the image alone. A range of social, technological and political issues converge in these rising anxieties and affect the practice, circulation, and consumption of contemporary public photography today. The Culture of Photography in Public Space collects essays and photographs that offer a new response to these restrictions, the events and the anxieties that give rise to them.

Annotation From privacy concerns regarding Google Street View to surveillance photography s association with terrorism and sexual predators, photography as an art has become complex terrain upon which anxieties about public space have been played out. Yet the photographic threat is not limited to the image alone. A range of social, technological, and political issues converge in these rising anxieties and affect the practice, circulation, and consumption of contemporary public photography today. "The Culture of Photography in Public Space" collects essays and photographs that offer a new response to these restrictions, the events, and the anxieties that give rise to them."