Artistic photography in the new media: capturing visual culture through representation and fiction

Abstract

Photography, as a medium and technique for producing images, has transformed our understanding and apprehension of the world. Currently, owing to the mass dissemination of photography and social media, we are living in an era in which everything is recorded and from many different perspectives. This paper discusses the possibility of a documentary capture of reality through the constructed photographic image, by providing a recount of the possibilities of photography in its documentary and artistic qualities over the years, and an analysis of three artistic projects.