This collection of essays presents new formulations of ideas and
practices within documentary media that respond critically to the
multifaceted challenges of our age. As social media, augmented reality,
and interactive technologies play an increasing role in the documentary
landscape, new theorizations are needed to account for how such media
both represents recent political, socio-historical, environmental, and
representational shifts, and challenges the predominant approaches by
promoting new critical sensibilities. The contributions to this volume
approach the idea of "critical distance" in a documentary context and in
subjects as diverse as documentary exhibitions, night photography, drone
imagery, installation art, mobile media, nonhuman creative practices,
sound art and interactive technologies. It is essential reading for
scholars, practitioners and students working in fields such as
documentary studies, film studies, cultural studies, contemporary art
history and digital media studies.