The image factory
Type
book section
Date Issued
2022-01-31
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Björn Franke, , Sarah Owens
Annamaria Vasvari
Abstract
This essay analyses the visual politics and photographic strategies of Kim Kardashian's social media account. Observed modes of storytelling and techniques of staging and image manipulation are confronted with theories on post-photography and algorithimic image circulation. Furthermore, the essay explores the concept of “hyper” in relation to current visual phenomena: the excessive, heightened, multidimensional nature of how images are often produced, consumed or displayed today. The essay and publication is the result of the seminar “Hyperimages” led by Björn Franke and Annamaria Vasvari in the MA graduate course in Visual Communication at Zurich University of the Arts. The publication contributions were further developed in the two-part workshop “Hyper Hyper: Deconstructing Kim Kardashian” led by Isabel Seiffert and Christoph Miler (Offshore Studio) in 2020.
Language
English
Keywords
post-photography
visual politics
hyperimage
Kim Kardashian
social media imagery
Book title
Hyperimages
Publisher
Zurich University of the Arts
Publisher place
Zurich
Start page
7
End page
20
Pages
14
Contact Email Address
christoph-miler@unisg.ch
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