[ecrea] call for articles for Philosophy of Photography

The editors of /Philosophy of Photography/invite contributions to a 
landmark issue anticipating ten years of the journal’s publication.

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In the autumn of 2018 we will publish POP9.2, marking the last volume of 
the journal to be numbered in single figures. /Philosophy of 
Photography/ was launched in 2010 in answer to the need for a rigorous 
forum for the examination of intellectual, political and cultural issues 
arising from photography. Through the work of our many contributors, the 
support of our subscribers and the efforts of an expanding editorial 
team we believe we have achieved this. But as we approach a second 
decade, the future of /Philosophy of Photography /must be to make use of 
this platform to imagine and to interrogate the urgent questions that 
face anyone attempting to understand the visual forms of the 
contemporary world. So, to celebrate the end of our first decade and to 
anticipate our second we invite the following:

Articles(between 6-8000 words) on any aspect of image culture, but 
especially the intersection between images and contemporary questions of 
politics and science.

Shorter, discursive essays or commentaries (2000-4000) focusing either 
on themes of contemporary importance or on topics neglected by 
mainstream photography scholarship.

We are also interested in receiving contributions (between 2-3000 words) 
to our Encyclopaedia section, which offers a space to unpack and to 
interrogate a specific idea, term, technology or process across the 
production and reception of historical, contemporary and emerging 
photographic operations.

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For inclusion in the autumn issue (POP9.2) the full text of submissions 
should reach us by no later than August 10^th .**

/Philosophy of Photography/has sought to expand understanding of the 
ways images work and has done so in contexts ranging from biology to 
nuclear physics and from surveillance to conceptual art. In the process 
we have published many things that would not normally feature in the 
pages of an academic journal nor in the mainstream photography press. We 
welcome inquiries from researchers and practitioners who seek to explore 
any aspect of photography from a theoretical standpoint. We invite 
submissions that attempt to re-think the character and place of 
visuality in all of its mechanical, existential and biological dimensions.

Much has changed in the last decade. New questions have emerged and 
existing challenges have mutated. How, for instance, are we to 
understand, analyze and resist cynical modes of populism and the threat 
of alt-right politics on visualizations of the present? What are the 
contemporary roles of imaging in a climate of persistent military 
conflict and the massive population displacements this produces? What is 
to be made of the increasing penetration of social media into everyday 
life and the intensification of efforts to capitalize on this 
phenomenon? How to respond to demands for the renewal of critically 
oriented philosophical analyses of such issues and to counter-currents 
such as the emergence of ‘new materialisms’? What forms of imagination 
are needed in order to understand the compounded relationships that 
pertain between these and further questions of technology and culture, 
political and theoretical possibility? This call for papers asks for 
contributions to /Philosophy of Photography/ that set out to explore the 
significance and respond to the urgency of such markers of the volatile 
present.

/Philosophy of Photography/is an international peer-reviewed journal 
published six monthly in the spring and autumn. It is a forum of 
theoretical and critical debate arising from the historical, political, 
cultural, scientific and critical matrix of ideas, practices and 
techniques that constitute photography as a multifaceted and changing 
form. Since its inception, the conjunction of ‘philosophy’ and 
‘photography’ in the journal’s title has sought to provoke serious 
reflection on existing and emergent discourses and the ways these might 
engage with each other.

The journal publishes articles, reviews, conference reports, occasional 
symposia on key topics and critical analyses of technical developments.

We consider proposals for contributions in the form of photographic 
works (contact Pat Naldi in the first instance).

Prospective guest editors with ideas for special sections or themed 
issues are invited to approach the editorial group with their proposal.

Prospective book, exhibition and conference reviewers should contact 
Josefine Wikstrom, the reviews editor.

Submissions can be made through the journal’s webpage or by emailing the 
editors: https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=186/

Details of the journal’s house style and other submission requirements 
can be downloaded here: 
https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=186/view,page=2/

Editors**

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Andrew Fisher

Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

E-mail: (a.t.fisher /at/ gold.ac.uk)


Daniel Rubinstein

Central Saint Martins, UK

E-mail: (d.rubinstein /at/ csm.arts.ac.uk)

Associate Editors


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Bernd Behr

Camberwell College of Arts, UK

E-mail: (b.behr /at/ camberwell.arts.ac.uk)


Pat Naldi

Central Saint Martins, UK

E-mail: (pat /at/ patnaldi.co.uk)

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Reviews Editor


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Josefine Wikström, DOCH, Sweden

E-mail: (josefine.wikstrom /at/ uniarts.se)


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