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Networked Media Week 11 Video


1. How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
I’ve made sure to continue with my theme of my photo showing the aesthetic of an object with the video showing the practical affordances of the object. However, this video breaks the mould if only a little. Instead of showing the design’s practically, I am showing the flaw of the drawers. This is the iron runner on one side of the second drawer has fallen off years ago, leaving the wooden sides to grind against one another and put a strain on the runner on the other side. This makes the drawer very clunky and difficult to use. When you are unaware of this issue, most people will quickly assume the drawer is jammed and unusable. Admittedly this is more of a flaw due to the old age of the furniture rather than the design itself however we received the item as a donation from its previous owner being a family that didn’t want it. Overall however, when viewing the drawer from the perspective of the video, these details aren’t necessary to show off the full design on the drawers.

2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
I had to film the take a few times to ensure the design flaw of the object was clear, hence why I also kept the audio. However, in case the video had difficulty conveying it, I captioned the video with ‘It’s missing it’s a runner on one side so can’t function properly. Still holds my clothes at least.’ This ensured that the viewer would also know what to look for and listen for if they didn’t notice it the first time. I made sure to post it soon after the matching photo to the same account @networked_media. Additionally, now that the matching photo encourages viewers to view the video, I’m hopeful it fits in better to how content is meant to be created for Instagram

3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
Ok, I will admit, at the time of writing this, my posts for this week’s photo and video had been uploaded for most of the day. However, I received a notification in the afternoon that the video on Tumblr had been flagged for containing ‘adult content’. This is a renowned problem on the platform of bots flagging posts on the site randomly to prevent adult content on the site. I’ve submitted an appeal to the site, but i don’t have high hopes. Regardless, The post is primarily on Instagram and has also been shared to Twitter. Each of them held the same tags; ‘#drawers #chestofdrawers #video #design #flaw #designflaw #broken #furniture and #wooden’. All things relating to the image in some way and being varied enough to reach a wider audience. As stated in my last post, I also turned on geotagging for these posts, tagging them to my location to allow for wider distribution to viewers that look up the area on Instagram.

Admittedly the answers on all my posts to this question are very similar, but this is due to the streamlined process of distributing photos and videos on platforms like Instagram. It’s the same simple process for everyone and everything to allow for easy accessibility. It is only as complicated as you wish to make it to reach a wider audience.

https://networkedesign.tumblr.com/post/619039522948284417/its-in-fact-missing-its-runner-on-one-side-so – Post has been taken down at this time. Still in pending

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Networked Media Week 11 Photo

1. How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
For this week, I wanted to break away a bit from my chosen design objects. This week I decided to focus on an object with a hidden design flaw with the photo showing the aesthetic look of the object but the video showing the defect. This object was my chest of drawers. Using my rear-facing camera on my iPhone 7, I found it wasn’t easy at first to position myself to get the photo looking how I wanted. Admittedly I kept a lot of junk on top of my drawers and didn’t want this to be seen in the picture. I didn’t want to use any film equipment like tripods to steady the camera, so it wasn’t easy keeping the phone at an angle I was satisfied with and showed what I wanted. I had the light over the drawers on to provide more lighting onto the scene and kept the flash off. I also wanted to make sure the hidden flaw on the drawers was visible in the image so to help tie it into the video. I used the Paris filter again when taking the photo as I can’t stand the grain effect my camera gives in the lighting of my room. The Paris filter hides that thankfully so I’m not surprised how essential filters are to the app. Since the chest of drawers is wooden furniture, I decided that I wanted to appeal to the warmer aesthetic tones associated with this kind of furniture and thus chose the Valencia filter for it, increasing the brightness and saturation lightly to give that effect.

2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
Admittedly when I first captured the photo using the Instagram camera, I accidentally published the photo to my Instagram story without any filters. I deleted the photo from my story and retaking it. A funny mishap from me getting impatient when trying to take and save the photo. I also realized that my captioning in my previous posts contained a problem in regards to attracting viewers. While I posed questions and answers in my posts, I did not indicate either of my posts that the other exists decreasing my chances of others viewing them. While I can alter my posts to fix this, I decided against this as it does show my progress growing as I create content on the app. I did, however, choose to change this for this post, instead captioning it ‘These drawers appear fine, but they hide a flaw. Check the next post to find out what!’ This way, viewers are encouraged to see the next post and discover this hidden flaw. Technically yes, this is clickbait, but I’m starting to see how if you want your published work to be visible, you need to get out there and be in the face of other viewers.

3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
The photo was published to Instagram as well as the matching Tumblr and twitter accounts. Another thing I noticed with these two different apps is that Tumblr, like Instagram, allows you to edit your content after it’s posted, but Twitter doesn’t. It’s strange to me that some apps provide these features easily and others don’t, but I won’t change my posts because of that. The posts were all tagged with the hashtags’ #storage #design #flaw #chestofdrawers #photo and #photography’. I also turned on geotagging for this week’s photo, pinning it down to my location’ Brighton Beach, Brighton’. I initially didn’t do this out of wanting to keep things like my location hidden. Still, with these photos, it mostly just means when viewers look up that location on Instagram, they are more likely to see my posts. And this does seem to have worked since I also received likes on the photo of this week.

https://networkedesign.tumblr.com/post/619039345045831680/these-drawers-appear-fine-but-they-hide-a-flaw

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Networked Media Week 10 Video

1. How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
Similarly to the initial photograph, I positioned my phone above the camera, however further away to show the label of the lens (a 24-1005mm lens) and to show my hand moving. By using my hand to turn the lens, I’m able to extend the lens up, which would be zooming in and out for the actual camera. By doing so, I’m able to show off the simple, easy to work design of the camera. The affordance is showing how the turning of the camera lens extends it further out or inwards, changing the view of the camera as shown by how the lights reflecting inside the camera also switch back and forth in accordance to the zooming. While in hindsight, I believe I should have shown more of the lens, I think this shows the sleek and smooth design of the camera lens, and it’s functionality well. To match the accompanying photo, I used the same filters; Paris to hide the grain and then Clarendon to provide the blue hue to match. I additionally adjusted the brightness on the image, although not by much as I still wanted the labels and my movements to be visible to the viewer. I also kept audio on the video as I find it keeps these videos feeling more organic like how I want them to be portrayed.

2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
I took multiple takes for the video as it was hard to fix the timing to something I was happy with. It was challenging to decide on one that captured the organic, but not clunky feel I wanted. However, I didn’t have too many takes since I still don’t like the long process of taking and saving photos and videos. It was published to the same profile @networked_design to ensure all the media is available in one spot. To link the videos, I again answered the question to my previous photo with the caption ‘My way is through a camera lens.’ I always make sure to upload my photo and video each week back to back to make sure people are more likely to see at least one of the two posted media forms.

3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
The video was uploaded to Instagram and the two other accounts on Tumblr and Twitter. Again, due to the strange glitch, I just used the Tumblr desktop interface to upload the video. All three used the hashtags’ #camera #cameralens #lights #video #lens #reflecting’. I made sure this time to keep them near the same other than photo and video as I wanted to ensure the content is spread out to the relevant viewers and not being forced onto others that are not looking for content like this. I have noticed when uploading to Instagram that it gives the option to upload the photo or video to your chosen site automatically. However, I don’t use this and instead, post the image on the sites. I have multiple accounts for personal and university-related content, and I don’t like the risk of uploading to the wrong one. While I would rather go through the longer steps, I think this is a clever idea to help creators automatically upload content without having to upload to multiple sites one after the other. Each time I use the app, I find that I learn and appreciate a little more about the app and its user-friendly interface.

https://networkedesign.tumblr.com/post/619039345045831680/these-drawers-appear-fine-but-they-hide-a-flaw

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Networked Media Week 10 Photo

1. How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
Something that I found to be annoying when filming is lighting, especially when it comes to reflective surfaces. The way light can bounce off a reflective surface and cent to hide what you’re trying to capture in the reflection. But I found a use for it this week. The object I decided to use was my camera and its lens. I had purchased the device last Christmas, and it is very dear to me as an object not to mention I am fascinated by the design of cameras. Initially, I decided to use just the camera. Still, I found that when the light bounces off the lens of the camera, it creates a unique multicoloured design that can be changed with the depth of the lens. What I did was lay my iPhone 7 rear-facing camera on my carpet directly above the single light source of my room, ensuring it captured the light-reflecting effect.

When using the Instagram camera to take the photo, I tried my best to put as little of the photo over the lens as possible to avoid catching the reflection of the phone on the glass lens. With this and increasing the zoom slightly, it also hid the full view of the camera to create a unique look with the lens, almost like an eye. To hide the grain of the image, I used the Paris filter when taking the photo and then before posting, used the Clarendon filter. This gave the picture a blue tinge that complimented the lights well. It reminded me of space in a way. This was also the time I discovered the other editing tools available on Instagram and was able to adjust the composition of the photo to comply with the rule of threes and adjust the exposure and colour on the image to my liking. Once again, I was impressed and happy with the features that Instagram provides to its creators.

The reason I chose to display the camera in this is to show the good quality design of a camera lens, how it can capture and reflect light that enters it and can be easily adjusted on the fly. By showing this in a more aesthetically appealing way, it ties better into the theme of my blog of the appealing and the practicality behind the appealing images seen.

2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
It took me a few tries to get the photo to a standard I was happy to post. I think, as someone that doesn’t use the app like most, I tend to overthink the images with this idea that it all has to be perfect. The account must be perfect with all meaningful images. Part of me thinks that in that regard that I am missing the personal aspect to Instagram that many other creators have. Still, I think this is something I have to improve upon. Regardless, I continued with the plan of having the photo showing aesthetic and the video showing practicality. They were published to the same account @networked_design

I tried to give the photo space/ Iris look and thus emphasized this with my caption ‘What way do you see the world?’ The question is meant to engage the audience and relates to the iris theme with the photo. I think it’s an excellent way to appeal to viewers and encourage them to keep scrolling through the account.

3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
While Instagram is the main source where the photos are being posted, I also posted the photo to Twitter and Tumblr using the same tags for all of them. I made sure they related closely to the image and that there was a variety to increase the chance that more people see the image. These tags were ‘#photography #lights #reflecting #camera #lens and #cameralens’. Something I did notice when posting these images elsewhere bothered me. When I posted the images last week, to twitter and Tumblr, I did so through my desktop as I was currently working from it. This week I tried to do the same on my phone, but I couldn’t do so from Tumblr. I’m unsure if this is because I set up the account on my desktop and thus can only reach it from there or if I need to allow a certain feature on the account to do so. Regardless, I posted the video through my desktop. I believe this may be a glitch or something, but if not, I find it rather disappointing that Tumblr has not changed this feature.

https://networkedesign.tumblr.com/post/618363755074666496/what-way-do-you-see-the-world

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Networked Media Week 9 Video


1. How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
Admittedly it took me time to adjust to using the video system of Instagram. I’m generally used to platforms that need you to touch the record button to record. While holding down the button to record isn’t unfamiliar to me as I used to use Snapchat frequently in the past, it felt clunky adjusting to this at first. I had to figure out how to hold the phone properly so I could comfortably move about without shaking the camera. Again, I used the iPhone 7 rear-facing camera to keep everything in the same style.

The idea for my account was to create comparisons between the aesthetic appeal in designs that Instagram shows and the practical appeal behind my chosen designs as well. In the case of fairy lights, I am showing the appeal in the design with the string how it’s easy to use and manipulate. At the same time, the video displays the practical design of how they work. As stated in my previous blog post, The video was used to show the practicality and good design of the fairy lights linking to a power source.

I wanted to show more of the fairy lights and reveal more about the design of the string lights. Thus in the previous photo intentionally kept the battery pack hidden. The pattern I wanted for my posts was that the picture would be using my chosen designed object aesthetically. Then the video would show the design of said object. The video pans across my bed headboard, showing the string of lights before showing the source of power for the lights, the battery pack. This created the idea of doing what the photo asked and ‘following where the lights lead to’. I then ended the video by reaching out and turning off the lights myself, leaving the video to end in darkness. I had to do this a few times due to not liking the take multiple times for being too fast, too slow, too shaky, not timed correctly with me turning off the light, etc.

I kept audio on for the video as I liked the sound of the switch turning off the light to signal the end of the video. I see it as sufficient to my point in showing the design of the object rather than with no sound at all. Like before, I used the Paris filter first to conceal the grain of the video and give it a smoother look. I then used the same Valencia filter as I liked the effect it gave the lights, and it allowed the image of the battery pack to be more visible. Again, this was before I had noticed the editing feature to adjust the brightness of the footage.

2.How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
The video was published soon after the related photo to the @networked_design page. By this point, I had decided the theme of my page would be to show the picture as aesthetic. The video as more practical, thus the caption of the video would, in turn, relate to the question posed in the photo. This would, therefore, provide a recurring motif of me asking a question and the viewer needing to see the next post to see my answer. Thus the video was captioned ‘Why they lead to a power source of course.’ This emphasised a form of “fantasy vs reality” theme, showing the structure of Instagram where the camera only shows what the photographer wants to see and not the work that goes into the photo or video.

3.How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
I wanted the video to fall into the same categories as the photo that was taken. I tried to use similar tags to keep them both connected; however, I did add my more tags to keep them relevant to the video content. I tagged this video with ‘#lights #light# fairylights #video #powersource and #battery’. I wasn’t fully looking at the photo I had previously posted. Thus in hindsight I did miss a few tags I would have liked to add later. I ended up doing this later upon realizing I was able to go back and edit posts. This feature to Instagram is something I like since I would have hated to go through the hassle of deleting the photo only to reupload it on the same.

I also did as before and uploaded the video to my Tumblr and Twitter accounts made for this project with the relevant tags as needed.

https://networkedesign.tumblr.com/post/618363603467321344/why-they-lead-to-a-power-source-of-course

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Networked Media Week 9 Photo

1.How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
I will start by saying that I am not an avid user of Instagram. I have a personal Instagram account made many years ago. I mostly use it to monitor other creators rather than posting my content. I have thus created a separate account called @networked_design to upload my photos and videos to keep everything in one place that is easy to locate.

The idea for my account was to create comparisons between the aesthetic appeal in designs that Instagram shows and the practical appeal behind my chosen designs as well. In the case of fairy lights, I am showing the appeal in the design of the string lights, how it’s easy to use and manipulate while the video displays the practical design of how they work.

This photo was taken with my iPhone 7 rear-facing camera using the Instagram camera. As a filmmaker, I understand there’s importance in setting up shots. However, I found it hard to keep myself stabilised at first to achieve the image I wanted. It was also a little frustrating that I couldn’t take multiple photos at once in the app. Coming from usually using my regular phone camera, this was a bit jarring. The previous day I had purchased a string of fairy lights when helping my mum grocery shopping, so I decided to use these for my first photo and video. I had them wrapped around the headboard of my bed and took the picture from one end with the fairy lights being the only lights on in the room. I tried to keep the photo symmetrical, although this wasn’t a priority. When taking the picture, I added the Paris filter for how it smooths over the grain of my camera. Before posting the video, I additionally added the Lo-fi filter to reduce light on the screen and blur out the fairy lights to a degree to make the wires connecting them less visible. Due to being unaware of other features, I didn’t end up making any other changes since I didn’t see the other added features initially. This was something I later discovered in the photos and videos for the next week, so I suppose that was a lesson learned for not thoroughly exploring my options for editing on the app.

2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
I selected the chosen photo from my camera roll and uploaded it from there, after picking my filters. I decided to caption my picture with the question ‘To where do the lights lead us?’ I was trying to intentionally be cryptic with the question to tie it in with my next video. Admittedly in hindsight, it seems slightly cheesy and cliched for a photo about a string of lights. The picture was then published to Instagram under the account I had made @networked_design. As someone who is so unversed in the workings of the app, I knew the posts for this assignment would likely be my only posts using this account. I wanted them to hold both meanings to me and fit the criteria, so i’m hopeful that this starting post managed to achieve this.

3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
When publishing the photo to Instagram, I additionally added several tags that were relevant to the image ‘#lights #fairylights #photography #shadow #electricity and #light’. By tagging the picture with these tags, they will now be included and distributed to these tags, further spreading their reach to Instagram users that follow these tags. Shortly after uploading the photo, I received a few likes from other random Instagram users on the picture. This is no doubt a surefire sign about the importance of tagging photos when sharing.

It’s important that the tags are relevant to the image and that you have a variety of tags as from my personal experience. These tags can tend to be filled with photos from users that include tags, not relevant to their image. This, in turn, makes it more difficult for other users to grow their brand or audience on the app.

Additionally, I have also made a Tumblr and twitter profile under the same name to publish my content. Both sites allow content to be shared and for tags to be included. I used the same tags as above on both sites to further distribute my content to others to see.

https://networkedesign.tumblr.com/post/618363463349256192/to-where-do-the-fairylights-lead

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Networked Media Week 8 Networked Video

Who is the practitioner (what is their name?) and when were they practicing?
The practitioner I decided to focus on for this week was spray paint artist Stefan Acanski. (@Sketchart88) He was originally a dental technician before quitting his job to pursue his art career full time. He began posting his artwork and videos detailing his creative process on January 26th, 2017 and has been continuing his work since then to the present day, however, it is likely he had begun the work sooner than this given the quality of his art in these first posts. While his Instagram is mainly for his art pieces, he will also occasionally post videos that speed up his creative process and publishes these videos to his Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube. He publishes and promotes his work on his Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook accounts. Additionally has his own website where his work can be purchased. His art grew to popularity considerably when he began to include pop culture in his works such as Disney, Superheros, and Star Wars.

What is the title of the photo or video you have chosen to analyze (can you provide a link?)
The video I have chosen to analyze is titled ‘Lightning’.

With the photo or video, you are examining when was it produced (date)?
The video was published on Instagram on the 15th of April, 2020. However, when allocating for the time to create the artwork and edit the video of the entire filmed process together, it is likely the artwork in the piece itself and the video was produced at least a few days in advance so it would fit the limitations for Instagrams video limitations.

How was the photo or video authored?
Unfortunately, it is not stated what camera Acanski uses to film his videos however clips from his Instagram stories depict a DSLR camera he uses to film from above, it is only unclear what type. By filming the video from above him as he works. Acanski is able to ensure his camera gets a clear view of the image while he works without worrying about it getting in the way as he works. He is able to take his time with the piece and once completed, all he needs to do is edit the video to the appropriate speed up time so as to ensure his viewers are engaged with the video. This also allows viewers that enjoy his artwork to see his process in creating these pieces, such as when he uses his fingers to swirl the spray paint on the canvas in layers to form clouds.

How was the photo or video published?
The video was published to both Instagram and Youtube with the video for Instagram altered only slightly to conform to the limitations of Instagram videos. Acanski’s Instagram account has around 328 thousand followers and the video has received over 13,000 likes. The art created would also have been put up on his website for sale.

How was the photo or video distributed?
Due to the popularity of his pop-culture centered videos (such as this viral video where he created a glow in the dark piece of Disney’s Peter Pan), Acanski’s videos have been widely shared across Instagram by those that follow him and enjoy his content, encouraging other to discover his content. This also includes viral video reposting accounts such as Unlaid, 9Gag, or MailOnline (Acanski, 2020) that have drastically increased his popularity even if said sites do not credit him. Acanski also makes sure to utilize the tagging system in his Instagram videos. He tags his videos with the relevant words that can help others discover his content such as ‘#spraypainting, #sprayart, #spraypainting, or #art’.

References
Acanski, S., 2020. Skech Art Online Store – Order Awesome Spray Paintings. [online] Skech Art. Available at: [Accessed 27 April 2020].

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Networked Media Week 7 Networked Photography

Who is the practitioner (what is their name?) and when were they practicing?
Alex Stroh (@alexstrolh)l is a french photographer that is known for his authentic travel photography. His work has been featured in many various publications including that of Forbes and Vanity Fair (Strohl, 2018) He publishes his work on Instagram, Facebook and also has many more available as prints for purchase on his own website/ personal blog. His first picture was posted on February 14th in 2011 but it is likely he has been practicing before this as well.

What is the title of the photo or video you have chosen to analyze (can you provide a link?)
The photo I have chosen is not titled but is instead a photo featured on a post that begins ‘On the final approach to Mount Triglav’.

With the photo or video, you are examining when was it produced (date)?
While the photo was posted to Instagram on April 18th, 2020, The photo itself would have been taken much earlier as the photo would have had to be taken on a Canon DSLR, then edited upon Strohl’s preferred editing software, likely something like Photoshop or Lightroom.

How was the photo or video authored?
The post itself does not say which camera he used for this image. While Strohl uses a variety of different Canon Cameras, he has stated on his youtube channel that his favourite to use in cold weather is a Canon IDX Mark II as it has a casing strong enough to protect it from potential weather damage. (Strohl, 2019) he often likes to capture his landscape pictures in the moment when he thinks the scenery around him lines up for a picture so many of his photos would have been taken simply as he was documenting his travel through the region of Slovenia, where he says the photo takes place.

How was the photo or video published?
The photo was published with two other photos at the time to his Instagram account. The account has amassed a total of two million followers and the photo itself has received around 29,000 likes. The photo would also have been published to Facebook and his personal website/blog as a print to sell.

How was the photo or video distributed?
With the photo published to the widely popular photo sharing social media software Instagram, the photo would have reached Strohl’s followers and been further distributed through various likes, and shares on the platform. Thus further spreading the image and encouraging others to discover the image and artist. With many other photographers present on the platform creating similar content to Stroh, he can also be discovered through fellow artists sharing his work or Instagram recommending him to followers, thus encouraging other viewers to discover his work and photos.

References
Alex Strohl Studio. 2020. About. [online] Available at: [Accessed 27 April 2020].
Strohl, A., 2019. Answering Your Questions: Gear. Available at: [Accessed 27 April 2020].

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Networked Media Week 6 Analogue Video

Who is the practitioner (what is their name?) and when were they practicing?
Nam June Paik (1932–2006) was a Korean American artist that specialized in analogue video art installations. He practiced this starting from around 1962 until his death in 2006. (Nam June Paik | Gagosian, 2020)

What is the title of the photo or video you have chosen to analyze (can you provide a link?)
The video I have chosen was titled ‘Global Groove’.

With the photo or video, you are examining when was it produced (date)?
The video was created by Nam June Park in collaboration with John J. Godfrey in 1973.

How was the photo or video authored?
The video features primarily a man and a woman dancing to the music being played while layering the video with excerpts from his own older works, other tv programs, and footage from other fellow video artists such as Jud Yalkut and Robert Breer. (Media Art Net, 2020) The original footage was also layered and multiplied on itself and highly colour saturated at different points to create a surrealist image. (Beyler, 2020) The footage additionally included a voiceover at the beginning of the video of a television presenter describing the clip as ‘a glimpse of the video landscape of tomorrow’. (Global Grove, 1973) This presents the video as an amalgamation of the current and past media to create an entirely new image and message.

How was the photo or video published?
The video itself was broadcasted by WNET-TV on 30 January 1974. (Media Art Net, 2020) the video was also then included in a variety of Paik’s other installations, such as his piece ‘TV Garden’ in the same year (1974) showing the video playing on a variety of analogue television screens surrounded by plant life in a room. (TV Garden, 2020) It is hard to find information about where else te film was published but suffice to say it was thoroughly present in some of Paik’s other art installations

How was the photo or video distributed?
With the internet not existing yet, the film was only able to be presented at the time through these art installations or perhaps cable television. Thus people that would have seen the footage would have been art goers that became immersed in Paik’s installations. The film itself did receive its own art installation in New York, 2004 for a time (Global Groove 2004, 2020), showing the footage through various projections and screens on the walls of a room. The installations are also shown around the world these days allowing many others to also view the footage in the context of Paik’s installations. (Global Groove 2004, 2020) Additionally, small clips of the footage are now available online as well to view.

References
Gagosian. 2020. Nam June Paik | Gagosian. [online] Available at: [Accessed 26 April 2020].
Guggenheim. 2020. TV Garden. [online] Available at: [Accessed 26 April 2020].
Guggenheim. 2020. Global Groove 2004. [online] Available at: [Accessed 26 April 2020].
Medienkunstnetz.de. 2020. Media Art Net | Paik, Nam June: Global Groove. [online] Available at: [Accessed 26 April 2020].
Beyler, T., 2020. Nam June Paik / Global Groove. [online] Newmedia-art.org. Available at: [Accessed 26 April 2020].
Global Grove. 1973. Directed by N. June Paik and J. Godfrey.

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Networked Media Week 5 Analogue Photography

Who is the practitioner (what is their name?) and when were they practicing?
Henri Cartier Bresson (1908-2004) Cartier-Bresson was a french photojournalist that began his practice in 1931 until roughly around 1968 when he began to focus more on painting. (Photographer Profile, 2020)

What is the title of the photo or video you have chosen to analyze (can you provide a link?)
There is no strict title for this piece but it is referred to as ‘Inside the Sliding doors of the Bullfight Arena’

With the photo or video, you are examining when was it produced (date)?
The photograph was produced in 1933 in Valencia, Spain.

How was the photo or video authored?
Henri Cartier Bresson authored this photo around the beginning of his career as a world-renowned photographer, before his first exhibition in 1933. (Photographer Profile, 2020) As such, the photo was likely taken with his Leica rangefinder on black and white 35mm film using a 50mm lens. (Rockwell, 2012) His technique for capturing his photos was searching what he deemed ‘the decisive moment’, organic moments in time captured in the scene as he was not one to stage scenes to photograph. To him, he viewed the camera as a sketchbook, able to instantly capture a moment and the emotion of a scene in another way besides drawing or painting. Cartier-Bresson stated in the documentary ‘The decisive moment’ that he also loves geometry in his photos and searching for ‘the structure of the photo’ (Scholastic Magazines, Inc, 1973) it isn’t something he directly seeks out but he enjoys the recognition of these structures.

You see this within the photo through its strong use of rectangular shapes with the who I assume is a staff member watching from the foreground white door in contrast with the darker door in the background obscuring a boy sneaking either in or out. It creates a sense of mystery with the gentleman in the foreground unaware of what is occurring behind him and questioning the reason for the stealth. With Cartier-Bresson’s interest in capturing the mundane life of people in the moment, it is an image that captures that decisive moment of tension and mystery as to what the full picture is.

How was the photo or video published?
With Cartier-Bresson’s first exhibition in 1933 in the Julien Levy Gallery in New York, (Photographer Profile, 2020) the photo would have been taken and later printed the same year. This was done on a Gelatine Silver Print method, a method for developing black and white film within a darkroom. Film is highly sensitive to light. Thus when the photo is captured, the shutter will only open for a moment to allow light in to reflect onto the film. The photo must then be developed in a darkroom using only a dim red or green light to prevent damage to the sensitive film. Then an alkaline solution and then acidic solution is used to dip the photo to create a photonegative of the image. Then by shining light through the image to create the photopositive print of it. (Woodford, 2020)

How was the photo or video distributed?
With the time period, and the world wide web not in existence yet the print would likely have only been distributed at first through Cartier-Bresson’s exhibition. Later on it would have likely been distributed through other exhibitions and books that Cartier-Bresson wrote. In the current day and age, however. The print is available through Magnum Photos’ website, the company that Cartier-Bresson helped to found in 1947 (Photographer Profile, 2020). It is also widely available now from this throughout the internet, requiring only a quick google search to locate on a multitude of websites.

References
Magnum Photos. 2020. Photographer Profile – Henri Cartier Bresson. [online] Available at: [Accessed 25 April 2020].
Scholastic Magazines, Inc, 1973. Henri Cartier-Bresson – The Decisive Moment. Available at: [Accessed 25 April 2020].
Woodford, C., 2020. Film Cameras And 35Mm Photography – A Simple Introduction. [online] Explain that Stuff. Available at: [Accessed 25 April 2020].
Rockwell, K., 2012. Cartier-Bresson And The Leica. [online] Kenrockwell.com. Available at: [Accessed 25 April 2020].