Documentary Images of Interactivity

1. Binaebi Akah | PROJECT 1.B I590 Spring 2010 | Documentary Images of Interactivity | SKETCH
Photographic equipment alters relationship between photographer Adjusting equipment while gauging Photodocumentation
and subject... whether one is “in the way” Stills
Formal equipment such as tripods change the relationship
between photographer and subject. It becomes impersonal.
Relying on a simple digital camera means the relationship
between photographer and subject is informal, perhaps intimate,
but also nondescript.
Checking settings and critiquing
composition
Trusting the equipment, focusing on
the subject

2. Binaebi Akah | PROJECT 1.B I590 Spring 2010 | Documentary Images of Interactivity | FINAL
Photodocumentation Stills
Shown is a series of digital still
photographs describing the
relationship the subject pho-
tographer has with her equip-
ment, her environment, and
her subject, the ceramic artist.
This sequence is rather recur-
sive, happily.
These particular photos were
chosen for their sequencing
and content. The main photo-
graph was chosen because it
summarizes the relationships
between the subject photog-
rapher and her equipment,
as well as the subject pho-
tographer’s subject, the ce-
ramic artist, and her camera.
The subject of the photogra-
pher is casual about taking a
photograph, and so the pho-
tographer doesn’t realize she
is the subject of her subject.
Instead, she focuses on her
camera, working with settings
until they please her, before
focusing on her subject.
Something about having the
additional equipment causes
people to be more formal,
more deliberate, about their
photography. Perhaps because
those who buy such equip-
ment take their photography
more seriously...

3. Binaebi Akah | PROJECT 1.B I590 Spring 2010 | Documentary Images of Interactivity | ATTRIBUTIONS
Primary Attributions
image: Binaebi Akah, Bloomington IN Jan 2010
Secondary Attributions
subject: Lynn Dombrowski