[Commlist] new book: Photography from the Turin Shroud to the Turing Machine

NEW BOOK:
Photography from the Turin Shroud to the Turing Machine

Available from:
Intellect / University of Chicago Press
https://www.intellectbooks.com/photography-from-the-turin-shroud-to-the-turing-machine 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/photography-from-the-turin-shroud-to-the-turing-machine>

Description:
This book introduces two conceptual models of photography: the Turin 
Shroud and the universal Turing machine. The Turin Shroud inspires a 
discussion on photography’s frequently acclaimed ‘ontological 
privilege’, which has conditioned an understanding of photography as 
a sui generis breed of images wherein pictorial representation is 
coextensive with human vision. This is then contrasted with a discussion 
of the universal Turing machine, which integrates photography into a 
framework of media philosophy and algorithmic art. Here, photography 
becomes more than just the present-day sum of its depiction traditions, 
devices and dissemination networks. Rather, it is archetypical of 
multiple systems of abstraction and classification, and various other 
symbolic processes of transformation.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
1. The Nature of Photography
2. A Philosophy of Photography
3. Another Philosophy of Photography
4. The Landscapes of Code
5. Photography as Algorithmic Art
Conclusion
References
Index

Author:
Yanai Toister is an artist, curator and educator serving as director of 
the unit of history and philosophy at Shenkar college of Engineering, 
Design and Art in Tel Aviv. Toister's work re-conceptualizes photography 
within the broader contexts of media arts and computation.




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