Essays about: "photographic image"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the words photographic image.

  1. 11. Pixel-based video coding

    University essay from Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Johannes Olsson Sandgren; [2014]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper studies the possibilities of extending the pixel-based compression algorithm LOCO-I, used by the lossless and near lossless image compression standard JPEG-LS, introduced by the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) in 1999, to video sequences and very low bit-rates. Bitrates below 1 bit per pixel are achieved through skipping signaling when the prediction of a pixels sufficiently good. READ MORE

  3. 12. Figure, Figurality and Visual Representation of Human and Humanity in the First Decade of 21st Century Photojournalism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Marcin Babul; [2014]
    Keywords : Photojournalism; Photography; Visual Culture; Aesthetics; Media; Communication; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Thesis reflects on the notion of photojournalism, media and communication processes in the era of Internet and redeveloped global cultural exchange opportunities. Subject of authenticity in the news coverage and digital manipulation of the image contents – used under various conditions depending on intention – become the current social problem that it’s forced routinely and which demands a broader spectrum of understanding. READ MORE

  4. 13. Illustration utan representation? : skalfigurernas demografi i perspektivbilder

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Emma Hammarström; [2013]
    Keywords : illustration; landskapsarkitektur; perspektivbild; skalfigur; staffage;

    Abstract : Perspektivbilden är ett av de mest effektiva sätten att kommunicera en idé på, inte minst i mötet mellan arkitekt och allmänhet. I den här uppsatsen granskas fyrtio olika perspektivbilder skapade av Sveriges största arkitektgruppers landskapsavdelningar. READ MORE

  5. 14. Judging a Book by its Cover : The Manifestation of the Bodily in Contemporary Autobiography

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Anna Persson; [2013]
    Keywords : bodily; body; photographs; Book covers; visual images; autobiography; intermedial analysis; Richard Schechner; intermediality; Roland Barthes; gestalt; author s body; bilder; bokomslag; fotografier; kroppslighet; författarens kropp; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Since book covers have become the focus of critical attention only in few recent years, there is a small number of studies published that examine the interaction between the text and the book cover. This interaction seems to be especially significant in the case of autobiographies as there are at least two ways for the author to present himself: as the narrator of the text and as the subject visualised on the book cover. READ MORE

  6. 15. Pics or it didn't happen: Instagram in Prosumer Capitalism and Reflexive Modernity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Aaron Frey; [2012]
    Keywords : Instagram; Facebook; social media; social network sites; mobile computing; prosumption; prosumer capitalism; web 2.0; photography; material culture; reflexive modernity; communities of practice; practice theory; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Drawing on practice centered approaches to consumption, this study situates a cultural analysis of Instagram, a smartphone-­‐based image sharing application used by over 80 million people worldwide, within wider discourses on reflexive modernity, critical media studies, prosumption, and late-­‐modern consumer culture. A seven-­‐day diary study with 25 international participants, supplemented by participant observation, helps tie these theoretical engagements to specific lived experiences illustrating what it means to live with a networked camera almost permanently on-­‐hand to record and share images of daily life. READ MORE