Light Falls Like Bits The Photography of Trey Ratcliff

by Bogre, Michelle; Davis, Eric; Crandall, Jordan; Morris, Clayton

• ISBN13: 9781939621177
• ISBN10: 1939621178
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-03-15
• Publisher: Goff Books

Summary

As modes of display and mechanisms of dissemination continue to undergo rigorous renewals, novel systems supporting the consumption of aesthetic production will be forged. What we see, how we see, what we share, how we share, what we learn, how we learn – these are the critical questions whose answers will come to shape future lives. Imminent updates on web-based interactivity, interface and intercommunication will redefine the social role, and naturally the historical ramifications, of art. Trey Ratcliff, leading practitioner of HDR photography, dwells in this realm where art, technology and social media overlap and where they even, as exhibited on his blog stuckincustoms.com and overall online presence, enhance each other. Light Falls Like Bits will critically consider the work and the enterprise of Trey Ratcliff in art historical and theoretical contexts, in an attempt to contribute to the discourse on the evolution of photography in the 21st century.

Author Biography

Michelle Bogre is an educator, documentary photographer, copyright lawyer and author. She frequently speaks on issues of copyright, and photography as activism and advocacy. She has two photographs in the permanent collection of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Currently she is Associate Professor, Photography at Parsons The New School for Design. She lives in New York City.

Erik Davis is an author, award-winning journalist, and lecturer based in San Francisco. His wide-ranging work focuses on the intersection of alternative religion, media, and the popular imagination. He is the author of four books, and his essays on music, techno-culture, and spirituality have appeared in dozens of books. Davis has contributed to scores of publications, and has been interviewed by CNN, the BBC, NPR, and the New York Times. He graduated from Yale University in 1988, and is currently earning his Ph.D. in religious studies at Rice University.

Professor in the Visual Arts Department at University of California, San Diego, Jordan Crandall is a media artist, theorist, and performer. He is the 2011 winner of the Vilém Flusser Theory Award for outstanding theory and research-based digital arts practice. Crandall is both the founding director of the Active Structures + Materials research studio at UCSD, and a founding editor of the online journal VERSION. He lives in San Diego.

Clayton Morris is a co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend on Fox News Channel and a former co-host of The Daily Buzz. He covers consumer technology for Fox and hosts weekly technology segments for Fox News Radio and FoxNews.com. He lives in New York City.