AUTOMATED PHOTOGRAPHY

For about twenty years, photographers have been integrating into their work images produced autonomously by machines. We are witnessing a paradigm shift in the photographic creation process: From the photographic capture in the strict sense of appropriation, practices automated and computational, which respond to a conception of the space of less and less built on the equivalence between the human eye and the machine. The project is situated between theoretical research and applied research: if it It is necessary to contextualize the changes introduced by automation in a broader history of photography and visual culture, as well that in a theoretical reflection on the automated image, it is also essential to produce a tangible and factual understanding of their challenges techniques and aesthetics. By combining an analytical and theoretical approach with a reflection resulting from the practical confrontation with these devices techniques, the project aims to take advantage of the intersection of these different areas. The synthesis is based on a practical approach (by applying these technologies), an aesthetic approach (by analyzing the visual qualities of these devices and their creative potential) and a theoretical approach (in placing the practical results in a cultural, social and policy).