Paper Info
Title
Passive photography from a creative perspective: "If I would just shoot the same thing for seven days, it's like... What's the point?"
Abstract
This paper aims to contribute with an understanding of meaningful experiences of photography, to support reflection upon the design of future camera devices. We have conducted a study of a passive camera device called Sensecam, which previously has been investigated as a memory aid, a combination of life-logging and memory tool and as a resource for digital narratives. We take a creative perspective and show that even if a camera is designed to be forgotten in use (i.e. is worn as a necklace and takes pictures automatically) it can still be part of an engaging or active photographic experience. Because Sensecam is different from film cameras, camera phones and other digital cameras, it involves a different type of photographic experience, for example when moving through different social contexts and how the resulting pictures are appreciated. The findings stem from people who used the camera for a week. This is complemented with reflections from the researcher, who has been using the camera for a month.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1145/1518701.1518828
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
camera phone,meaningful experience,different social context,passive camera device,future camera device,passive photography,creative perspective,digital narrative,different type,film camera,digital camera,active photographic experience,social context
Camera phone,Necklace,Computer science,Narrative,Photography,Human–computer interaction,Multimedia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.67
16
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sara Ljungblad124722.27