A lively and polemical analysis of photography and today's vernacular
photographic culture.
In Photography After Capitalism, Benedict Burbridge makes the case for
a radically expanded conception of photography, encompassing the types
of labor too often obscured by black-boxed technologies, slick platform
interfaces, and the compulsion to display lives to others. His lively
and polemical analysis of today's vernacular photographic cultures
shines new light on the hidden work of smartphone assembly teams,
digital content moderators, Street View car drivers, Google Scan-Ops,
low-paid gallery interns, homeless participant photographers, and the
photo-sharing masses.