The World as Image and the Image of the World: Photographing Google Street View

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2024.221298

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360o photography; , Google Street View, Photographic Act, History of Photography, Street Photography

Abstract

This essay focuses on artworks created through the reproduction and appropriation of images available in the interface of Google Street View. As a reflection of the growing proliferation of images produced by automated cameras, independently of human perception and cognition, these artworks provoke a reconsideration of the photographic act, the role of the artist as a commentator on and curator of images, the sublimation of authorship thus entailed and the ontology of the photographic image. The fact that such artworks are created by extracting images from the GSV interface could be perceived as indicative of certain visual redundancies. This article argues, on the contrary, that the photographic works in question entail their specific creative techniques and modes of aesthetic appropriation.

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Author Biographies

  • Marcelo Schellini, Curtin University, Malásia

    Marcelo Schellini, PhD, is a lecturer at Curtin University, Campus Malaysia. His research focuses on photography and visual culture. He has exhibited and published his research works in various international peer-reviewed journals. He is a researcher of the Research Group on Photographic Printing under the supervision of Prof. João Musa at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

  • Lucas Eskinazi , Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Lucas Eskinazi is a research scholar in Visual Poetics at the University of São Paulo, he has published critical essays and translations focused on the photographic act and the role of cameras in society. As an artist, he has exhibited his work in museums and film festivals. He is a researcher of the Research Group on Photographic Printing under the supervision of Prof. João Musa at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

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2024-08-15

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Vol. 22 (2024)

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Schellini, M., & Eskinazi, L. (2024). The World as Image and the Image of the World: Photographing Google Street View. ARS, 22, e-221298. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2024.221298

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