Thesis Title: A study on the theory attitudes of W.Mitchell, M.Rosler, G.Batchen, S.Kember, about manipulated photographs in the age of digital photograohy
BY: Hamideh Pak
Supervisor: Dr. Seyed Javad Salimi
Degree: MA
Course of Study: Photography
July 2019
Thesis Title: A study on the theory attitudes of William Mitchell, Marta Rosler, Geofery Batchen, Sara Kember, about manipulated photographs in the age of digital photograohy (1980-2010)
Case Study: Iranian Publics Manipulated Photos in Social Networks (2011-2013)
Abstract
Now days if we count the photographs of the photographers and artists in the comparison with all photographs that taken by the artists around the world the consequence is so low every year billion digital photos takes by the regular people and the amateurs these people are not academically educated and they are not informed about world of art . Majority of them do not know anything about the rules of aesthetic but they use is it intuitively and takes photos and sometimes they are manipulated they're photos. Today the stand point of these people about the photography is changed , it seems likewise specialists of the photography's world are theorizing and in the other hand people are taking photos without using exact rules. In this research tries to do analysis and review of theories of four authors in realm of digital photography such as : 1- William Michael 2- Jeffrey Batchen 3- Martha Wrestler 4- Sarah Campbell , who proceeded about the truth and manipulation in the age of digital photography. Since Iranian people like the people around the world access to digital photography and media's devices, they did so many activities in this tendency. That's why in Iran's geographical area hundred of research has been selected and therefore they published all photos by regular people in social networks ; this cases are chosen from social networks ( Facebook) in between 2011-2013 to analysis and review by the authors.
Key words: manipulated photo , verity , truth , digital illustration and virtual reality