Philosophy of Photography (Journal)

ISSN 20403682 , ONLINE ISSN 20403690

This international peer-reviewed journal aims to provide a forum for theoretical and critical debates arising from the historical, political, cultural, scientific and critical matrix of ideas, practices and techniques that constitute photography as a multifaceted and changing form. In a contemporary context, characterized by its diversity and rapid rate of transformation, the conjunction of 'philosophy' and 'photography' in the journal's title is intended to provoke reflection on the ways in which existing and emergent discourses might engage with each other to inform our understanding of the photographic.

This title is indexed with the Web of Science’s Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).

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Category: Contemporary Art, Photography, Visual Arts


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Editors

Daniel Rubinstein
Central Saint Martins
d.rubinstein@csm.arts.ac.uk

Andrew Fisher
Photography Department of the Film & TV School, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague
andrewthomas.fisher@famu.cz

Bernd Behr
Camberwell College of Arts
b.behr@camberwell.arts.ac.uk

Alex Fletcher
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
a.c.fletcher@csm.arts.ac.uk

Noa Levin
Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
noa.levin@usi.ch

Aims & Scope

Philosophy of Photography (POP) is an international peer-reviewed journal published six monthly in the spring and autumn. The journal's aim is to provide a forum for theoretical and critical debate of issues arising from the historical, political, cultural, scientific and critical matrix of ideas, practices and techniques that constitute photography as a multifaceted and changing form. In a contemporary context characterised by its diversity and rapid rate of transformation, the conjunction of ‘philosophy' and ‘photography' in the journal's title is intended to provoke reflection on the ways in which existing and emergent discourses might engage with each other to inform our understanding of the photographic.

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All articles undergo initial editorial screening either by the journal's Editorial Team and/or incumbent Guest Editors. Articles then undergo a rigorous anonymous peer review by two referees, following the guidance in Intellect's 'Peer review instructions'. Based on this feedback, the Editors will communicate a decision and revision suggestions to authors. To appeal an editorial decision, please contact the main Editor who will consider your case.

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Editors

Daniel Rubinstein
Central Saint Martins
d.rubinstein@csm.arts.ac.uk

Andrew Fisher
Photography Department of the Film & TV School, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague
andrewthomas.fisher@famu.cz

Bernd Behr
Camberwell College of Arts
b.behr@camberwell.arts.ac.uk

Alex Fletcher
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
a.c.fletcher@csm.arts.ac.uk

Noa Levin
Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
noa.levin@usi.ch

Editors

Daniel Rubinstein
Central Saint Martins
d.rubinstein@csm.arts.ac.uk

Andrew Fisher
Photography Department of the Film & TV School, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague
andrewthomas.fisher@famu.cz

Bernd Behr
Camberwell College of Arts
b.behr@camberwell.arts.ac.uk

Alex Fletcher
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
a.c.fletcher@csm.arts.ac.uk

Noa Levin
Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
noa.levin@usi.ch

Editors

Daniel Rubinstein
Central Saint Martins
d.rubinstein@csm.arts.ac.uk

Andrew Fisher
Photography Department of the Film & TV School, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague
andrewthomas.fisher@famu.cz

Bernd Behr
Camberwell College of Arts
b.behr@camberwell.arts.ac.uk

Alex Fletcher
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
a.c.fletcher@csm.arts.ac.uk

Noa Levin
Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
noa.levin@usi.ch


Special Issue Call for papers

Due to the large number of requests received, we are extending the submission deadline for the Philosophy of Photography Special Issue: 'Expanded Visualities: Photography and Emerging Technologies'. The new deadline is 10 June 2023.

'Expanded Visualities: Photography and Emerging Technologies'

Deadline for submissions: 10 June 2023

The Special Issue will be published in the Spring of 2024

Guest Editors

Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, Cyprus University of Technology and CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus: theopisti.stylianou@cut.ac.cy

Kleanthis Neocleous, CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus: k.neokleous@cyens.org.cy

Andrew Fisher, FAMU, Czech Republic: andrewthomas.fisher@famu.cz

The Call

Emerging technologies have had a significant impact on photographic representations, as well as on the production, distribution and reception of photographic images. Technologies such as 360-degree photography have expanded the photographic frame and have provided the stage for VR and AR applications. Drones and satellite images have contributed to new visualizations of experience and new modes of understanding space. Machine-made images produced using generative AI – such as synthetic images, GANs and deep fakes – alongside other modes of computer vision, have changed and complicated our visual milieu. As a result of these developments, issues of ethics, agency and power have become more urgent than ever.

The International Conference of Photography and Theory that took place in Nicosia Cyprus in November 2022 (ICPT2022) was titled 'Expanded Visualities: Photography and Emerging Technologies'. The International Association of Photography and Theory, which organizes this bi-annual conference, is working with Philosophy of Photography to produce a special issue of the journal that takes as its starting point the questions asked by the conference. The conference addressed issues arising from the ways in which emerging technologies, such as 360 photography, artificial intelligence, machine-made images, augmented reality, satellites and drones, have transformed photographic practices and have expanded contemporary visualities. If such technologies 'expand' or 'limit' the photographic frame, what are the socio-political, aesthetic and ethical implications of their uses in relation to photographic images and the visual world they help to shape?

We are particularly looking for contributions that address the following topics from critical and/or theoretical viewpoints, but this list is not exhaustive. We also welcome contributions in the form of photoworks.

  • Immersive photographic environments (360-degree photography, VR/AR/MR);
  • the effect of emerging technologies on the photographic image;
  • emergent technologies both as a factor in, and as tool for envisioning environmental crisis;
  • big data and photography;
  • drone photography/ satellite images and representations of landscape/geography;
  • redefining vernacular photography;
  • forms of protest enabled by emerging technologies;
  • critical problems associated with the notion of emergence;
  • camera-less photography;
  • (art) historical takes on new photographic visualities;
  • the social and political agency of the photographer/artist;
  • photographic art practices that use emerging technologies;
  • the future of documentary photography;
  • authenticity, sales, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs);
  • the biases and politics of algorithms;
  • the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-made images;
  • power structures in new visualities;
  • deep fakes and their creation, distribution and reception;
  • the public reception of machine-made images;
  • the capitalization of emerging technologies;
  • relationships between truth, authenticity and representation;
  • democracy, participation and social engagement;
  • non-normative and non-binary imaginaries and emerging technologies.

We are looking for contributions in the form of:

  • articles (between 4000–5000 words) focusing on the themes of the Special Isssue;
  • photoworks of up to 10 pages in length;

We are also interested in receiving contributions (between 2000–3000 words) to the journal’s Encyclopaedia section, which offers a space to unpack and interrogate a specific technology, idea or process related to the Special Issue. 

Submissions can be made through the journal’s portal: https://www.intellectbooks.com/submit/philosophy-of-photography.

Please mark the title page of your submission clearly as being for Expanded Visualities.

Details of the journal’s style and other submission requirements can be downloaded here: https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-editors-and-contributors.

If you have any questions about this call for papers, would like to discuss a possible

submission or to make a proposal, please contact the Guest Editors.


General Call for Papers

The editors welcome inquiries and submissions from researchers and practitioners, from a broad range of disciplines, who seek to explore any aspect of photography from a theoretical standpoint. The journal publishes articles, interviews, photo-works, new English translations of significant work on photography in other languages, occasional symposia or special sections on key topics, reviews, conference reports and critical analyses of technical developments. The editors will consider proposals for contributions in the form of photographic works. Prospective guest editors with ideas for special sections devoted to particular themes are invited to approach the editors with their proposal. Prospective book, exhibition and conference reviewers should also approach the editors.

Although we welcome submissions on any theme relating to photography and its theoretical discourses, currently, Philosophy of Photography is particularly interested in receiving submissions that address the following topics:

  • new trends in photography theory;
  • critical approaches to the social and political theorisation of the photographic;
  • critical (re-)examinations of the concepts and methods of photography theory;
  • uses of photography in the sciences;
  • theorizations of new media culture, mobile multi-media and photography in relation to Web 2.0 and the aesthetics of the internet.

 

Editors

Daniel Rubinstein
Central Saint Martins
d.rubinstein@csm.arts.ac.uk

Andrew Fisher
Photography Department of the Film & TV School, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague
andrewthomas.fisher@famu.cz

Bernd Behr
Camberwell College of Arts
b.behr@camberwell.arts.ac.uk

Alex Fletcher
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
a.c.fletcher@csm.arts.ac.uk

Noa Levin
Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
noa.levin@usi.ch

Advisory Board

Ariella Azoulay
Brown University, USA

Jan Baetens
Leuven University, Belgium

Geoffrey Batchen
City University of New York, USA

Andrew Benjamin
Kingston University, UK

David Campany
University of Westminster, UK

Claire Colebrook
Penn State University, USA

Andrew Dewdney
London South Bank University, UK

Tomáš Dvořák
The Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, Czech Republic

Mika Elo
University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland

Johnny Golding
The Royal College of Art, UK

Yaiza Hernández Velázquez
CENDEAC, Spain

Miki Kratsman
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

Yve Lomax
Royal College of Art, UK

Stewart Martin
Middlesex University, UK

Enric Mira
Universidad de Alicante, Spain

Peter Osborne
Kingston University, UK

Jussi Parikka
Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton)

Anna Reading
King's College London, UK

Jorge Ribalta
Photographer, freelance curator & editor

Víctor del Río
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

John Roberts
Wolverhampton University, UK

François Soulages
Paris VIII University, France

Susan Trangmar
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London

Pedro Vincente
ELISAVA/Universitat Pompeu, Spain

Editors

Daniel Rubinstein
Central Saint Martins
d.rubinstein@csm.arts.ac.uk

Andrew Fisher
Photography Department of the Film & TV School, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague
andrewthomas.fisher@famu.cz

Bernd Behr
Camberwell College of Arts
b.behr@camberwell.arts.ac.uk

Alex Fletcher
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
a.c.fletcher@csm.arts.ac.uk

Noa Levin
Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
noa.levin@usi.ch

 
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Editors

Daniel Rubinstein
Central Saint Martins
d.rubinstein@csm.arts.ac.uk

Andrew Fisher
Photography Department of the Film & TV School, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague
andrewthomas.fisher@famu.cz

Bernd Behr
Camberwell College of Arts
b.behr@camberwell.arts.ac.uk

Alex Fletcher
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
a.c.fletcher@csm.arts.ac.uk

Noa Levin
Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
noa.levin@usi.ch

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