Lucid Knowledge: The Currency of the Photographic Image

The Triennial of Photography Hamburg explores the value of photography in the 21st century, focusing on its relationship to value-making, canon-making, access, circulation, and knowledge production. The Critical Reader Lucid Knowledge: The Currency of the Photographic Image gathers international perspectives on how photography shapes todays narratives and our perception and experience of the world.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 14 July 2022
Publisher: Hatje Cantz

The Triennial of Photography Hamburg delves into the profound significance of photography in the twenty-first century, exploring its role in conveying and connecting meaning across vast distances. By expanding the economic concept of currency to encompass art and visual culture, the exhibition fosters a sustained engagement with photography and its intricate relationship with the creation of value, the establishment of standards, the facilitation of access, the circulation of images, and the generation of knowledge. In a world where the production, distribution, and consumption of photographic images have become ubiquitous, and we have learned to perceive and navigate our contemporary reality through the lens, the digital image has emerged as the prevailing currency of exchange on social platforms. Through fostering interdisciplinary dialogue, the Critical Reader Lucid Knowledge: The Currency of the Photographic Image brings together international perspectives that shed light on how photography shapes the narratives of our time, as well as our perception and experience of the world.

The Triennial of Photography Hamburg, with its focus on the theme of currency, invites us to contemplate the contemporary power of the photograph to convey and relate meaning across distances. By extending the economic term to art and visual culture, the exhibition enables a deep exploration of photography's value in the twenty-first century. This expansion allows for a sustained engagement with photography and its intricate connections to value-making, canon-making, access, circulation, and knowledge production.

In a world where the production, distribution, and consumption of photographic images have become commonplace, and we have developed the ability to shape our contemporary world through the lens, the digital image has emerged as the prevailing currency of exchange on social platforms. The Critical Reader Lucid Knowledge: The Currency of the Photographic Image gathers international perspectives that reflect on how photography shapes the narratives of our time, as well as our perception and experience of the world.

The Triennial of Photography Hamburg serves as a platform for fostering interdisciplinary dialogue, bringing together artists, scholars, and enthusiasts from diverse fields to explore the multifaceted dimensions of photography. Through its exhibitions, publications, and events, the exhibition encourages us to reevaluate our understanding of photography as a medium of artistic expression, cultural representation, and social commentary. By examining the ways in which photography shapes todays narratives, as well as our perception and experience of the world, the Triennial of Photography Hamburg contributes to a broader understanding of the role of photography in shaping our collective consciousness.

Weight: 624g
Dimension: 225 x 171 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783775753104