Absolutely and positively thrilled to see my research article "Working the Labor-Leisure Machine: Proposal for a Photography Museum Without Images" just published (February 2, 2023) in the Season 1 of the new creative collaboration platform Riga Technoculture Research Unit (RTRU) - www.rtru.org.
Read moreSizzling hot off the press: my article in ARTMargins
My "Introduction to José Oiticica Filho's 'Setting the Record Straighter'," in ARTMargins 8, no. 2 (2019): 105-115, accompanies the first translation of Oiticica Filho’s 1951 article from Portuguese by Luisa Valle.
Read moreArticle archive update! 1998-2019
I’ve just updated the article archive on my website with a wide range of my articles about contemporary art and photography published between 1998 and 2019. Most articles are in English and available for you to download and read.
Read moreWhat did I do in 2018?
As a somewhat belated attempt to keep in touch with everybody who haven’t seen me for a while, here’s a brief look back at 2018.
Read moreHot off the press: new article "Machines, Methods, and Humans: On the Production Line of Contemporary Photography"
My article "Machines, Methods, and Humans: On the Production Line of Contemporary Photography" just published in Fotografija 35, no. 1 (2018). This is a special edition of the magazine, edited by Paul Paper.
Read moreJust published: new article "Seeing a Century Through the Lens of Sovetskoe Foto"
I'm thrilled to let you know about the recently published article, "Seeing a Century Through the Lens of Sovetskoe Foto," where I discuss some of the findings of my research of the history of the leading Soviet photography magazine, Sovetskoe Foto, which was published in Moscow, Russia, from 1926 to 1991.
Read moreWhat did I do in 2017?
"What you're working on these days?" people often ask, adding "I haven't heard from your for a while." To answer this question at least partly, here I quickly summarize some of my work from 2017 and outline some projects that are coming up in 2018. Happy and productive New Year!
Read moreTwo new research articles about photography in the 1950s
Hot off the desk! Just finished two new research articles for the January 15 deadline. These articles offer insights into two major photography exhibitions of the 1950s that have shaped the history of postwar photography - The Family of Man and Photokina 1956.
Read moreMy article "Rules of the Photographers' Universe" in Photoresearcher
I'm honored to see my latest research article, "Rules of the Photographers' Universe," published in the April 2017 issue of Photoresarcher, a prestigious European photography magazine.
Read moreMaking sense of the selfie
This article belongs to a series of related articles and book chapters that I have written since the late 2014 and early 2015 about photography in social media and selfies in particular. All these writings are based on research project Selfiecity that I co-authored with Lev Manovich, Moritz Stefaner, Mehrdad Yazdani, Dominikus Baur, Daniel Goddemeyer, Nadav Hochman, and Jay Chow.
Read moreArt of the masses: From Kodak Brownie to Instagram
This article touches upon some of the inherent complexities of understanding the selfie. Seeking for valid methods of theorizing and contextualizing the selfie, this article attempts to combine insights from the perspectives of history of photography and art history, digital humanities, and software studies.
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