picture this! (2002-06)
> Exploring new potentials of digital still cameras

Maria Håkansson, Sara Ljungblad, Lalya Gaye, Mattias Rost - Future Applications Lab, Viktoria Institute
Panajotis Mihalatos, Svante Hermansson - Art&Technology programme, IT-University in Göteborg

abstract



The mechanical and optical constraints specific to analogue cameras have disappeared with the advent of digital technology but still limit the way we conceive photography.This project aims at taking digital photography to the next level by developing new types of physical interactions with cameras, of visual representation, and of hybrid picture-viewing.
In Context Photography f.ex., a still camera captures the invisible context of a scene with sensors and translates it visually into the resulting picture, as you are taking it.
In BashoCam (basho for 'location' and 'bashment'), friends engage in a dislocated and networked performance with loops of rhythmical photographs.

my contribution I joined the project in late 2003, and have since participated in the development of the 2nd and 3rd context photography prototypes, in the evaluation workshops and in a longer-term user study that took place during summer 2005.
Co-leading the Context Photography project with Maria and Sara. Leading the BashoCam project that started during summer 2005 and on which I work with Svante.


more info >> Picture This! website
>> Context Photography webpage
>> BashoCam webpage


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