The Reconfigured Eye by William J Mitchell

The Reconfigured Eye by William J Mitchell

"An intelligent and readable approach to the digitization of images.... A useful overview of a critical subject."-New York Times Book Review

Enhanced? Or faked? Today the very idea of photographic veracity is being radically challenged by the emerging technology of digital image manipulation and synthesis- photographs can now be altered at will in ways that are virtually undetectable, and photorealistic synthesized images are becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from actual photographs. Continuing William Mitchell's investigations of how we understand, reason about, and use images, The Reconfigured Eye provides the first systematic, critical analysis of the digital imaging revolution. It describes the technology of the digital image in detail and looks closely at how it is changing the way we explore ideas, at its aesthetic potential, and at the ethical questions it raises.

Alexander W. Mitchell is the Alexander W. Mitchell is the Alexander W. Mitchell is the Alexander W. Mitchell is the Alexander W. Mitchell is Dreyfoos is a Senior Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences at MIT's Media Lab, where he also oversees the Smart Cities research group. He formerly served as the Dean of the School of Architecture and the Director of the MIT Program in Media Arts and Sciences. Imagining MIT: Building a Campus for the Twenty-First Century, Positioning Words: Symbols, Space, and the City, Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City, e-topia: Urban Life, Jim--but Not as We Know It, City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn, and The Reconfigured Eye: Visual Truth in the Post-Photographic Age, all published by The MIT Press, are among his works.