Is the Gallinaceus Lobby Behind the Unstoppable March of Digital Photography? About Joan Fontcuberta’s Photofictions

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  • Servanne Monjour Université de Montreal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.24.2.221-230

Keywords:

digital photography, photojournalism, parody, pastiche, September 11

Abstract

With the emergence of digital culture, photography is changing from film obsolescence to the suppression of photography staffs in several newspapers. How do the artists, photographers and writers react to this economical crisis of photography? Are we really entering a post-photographic era? This article suggests to measure the impact of the digital revolution through the prism of Joan Fontcuberta’s photofictions. Rejecting both apocalyptic and teleological interpretations of this technological transition, Joan Fontcuberta ratify the end of the indexical function of photography.

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Published

2014-08-30

How to Cite

Monjour, S. (2014). Is the Gallinaceus Lobby Behind the Unstoppable March of Digital Photography? About Joan Fontcuberta’s Photofictions. Aletria: Revista De Estudos De Literatura, 24(2), 221–230. https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.24.2.221-230

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2014): Literatura e Fotografia

Section

Dossiê - Literatura e Fotografia - Fotoficção e Fotojornalismo

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