Hello!Sabina BaciuNational School of Political and Administrative StudiesMaastricht University

Photo Albums between Analogue and Digital

technologies

Pierre Bourdieu, Photography: A Middle-brow Art, Cambridge,

Polity Press, [1965]1996, p.13

Constructing your identity online

Remembering important moments from the past in a familial context

Marshall McLuhan

RaymondWilliams

Jay Bolter &Richard Grusin

Traditional photography

• Familial function

• Tourism and special occasions

• Photo album = the story of the family and of the role of the individual in his community

Pierre Bourdieu

Experience

Right here, right now

Digital photography

Study case

Etnographical research

- Taking the photograph - Developing/uploading- Selection process - Editing - Arranging the pictures in albums - Looking at the albums

Methodology

Two types of album with two different functions

Traditional album Digital album

Past Present

Self, family and very close friends

Online community of friends

Low: Maybe write on the back of the photo time and date

High: Tags, comments, descriptions

Technical selection when developing

Rigorous selection of pictures

Temporal dimension with which it is associated

Audience

Level of interaction with the audience

Photographs selection

Two types of album with twodifferent functions

Digital folder vs. online digital album

Entertainment

Results

As a conclusion…

• Partially validated hypothesis • The role of virtual identity• Bourdieu’s findings are still applicable

Thank you! Questions?

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