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it’s a beautiful reflection.

Hi Hugh, it’s a great topic. And yes, there are indeed many earlier moments to consider. The camera studies network has met physically a few times, atm there’s no public way to keep track, but I’ll suggest that.

the ‘speculative camera’.

Your question (and answers) will be definitely of interest to the camera studies network (www.zem-brandenburg.de/en/projekte/...), so looking fwd to learning more.

(I’ve read it in German, Das geteilte Bild). I guess both the question of ‘the camera’ and ‘the digital’ are not self-evident, I’ve tried to make some suggestions related to the former in a chapter on ‘The camera as a meeting place for decision making’ as well as a forthcoming co-authored paper on

Thanks @profgillian.bsky.social , very interesting question. I haven’t come up with an answer, some books such as Gustavson’s ‘Camera’ suggest arriving at the ‘digital’ from that perspective, but of course the book doesn’t fully answer the question.

I’ve enjoyed Gunthert’s L’image partagée…