From Snapshots to Social Media - The Changing Picture of Domestic Photography

Practices Surrounding Event Photos

“…There was certainly enough material on photo archiving, sharing and curating and also on sharing via mobile devices (see [23] for an up-to-date review Different events have varying social order and social dynamics. Some of these orders and dynamics are formal (e.g.…”

“…In the last decade, the notion of domestic photography has emerged to describe a set of photographic activities, including capturing, recording, and sharing, of ordinary people creating and utilizing images for non-professional purposes [23]. To Slater [24], it is a constructed act, where a specific area is located on the camera viewfinder and people give a particular pose to the camera.…”

“…After the capture, photos are (collaboratively) selected, uninteresting photos are kept aside, and a selection of photos are shared, archived or even framed in people's homes. Photos created in such a way help people construct a positive image, individual or family identity and support their emotional, sentimental and nostalgic needs [23]. Sharing events through photos has become a genre within domestic photography.…”

HCI and innovation

“…The history of innovation within domestic photography is a complex one which we have tried to tell in full elsewhere [30]. Here we draw on that history in a first case study which highlights the development of the family album.…”

“…The first case study is an examination of the factors affecting the development of the photograph album [30]. The second is essentially an auto-ethnography by the first author of a researchfirst innovation in audiophotography [10].…”