Mobile landscapes. City in motion or motion in a city? Cover Image

Mobilne pejzaże. Miasto w ruchu czy ruch w mieście?
Mobile landscapes. City in motion or motion in a city?

Author(s): Marianna Michałowska
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: mobile photography; urban photography; urban landscape; locative media

Summary/Abstract: An article is an analysis of modes of representation of urban landscape in photography. I state that though a city space formally is still we perceive it as movable in time. We can also share the mobile experience with others. The article is parted into five sections: the introduction reflects briefly on the meaning of the term „mobile landscape” and four short interpretations inspired by four photographs, representative for shifts in history of photography are presented in subsequent parts. These are: city views by Charles Marville and by Polish photographer Karol Beyer, photomontages by Edward Steichen and by Harry Callahan, mobile photography by Polish group „mobilni” and finally – a project based on mobile app (Amsterdam REALTIME). Brief reflection proposed in the article is not a comprehensive survey on mobile landscape, but rather – can suggest a direction of such study.

  • Issue Year: 9/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 62-77
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish