Nomadic Camera: Photography, Displacement and Dis: connectivities

From its introduction in the early nineteenth century and through ongoing technical developments, photography has been a mobile medium closely tied to equipment, social conditions and cultural framings. The volume Nomadic Camera investigates the technical, medial and aesthetic relationship between photography and displacement in historical and contemporary perspectives. The contributing authors adopt the term 'nomadic' - signifying a transitory form of existence - to explore photography beyond static concepts of being and national boundaries. Viewing photography as a formative part of this history of mobility and migration, the book explores the interplay between the concepts of the 'nomadic' and the 'camera', offering new perspectives on photography as a medium on the move. The interdisciplinary contributions approach this topic from various angles. They examine photographic tools and technologies; investigate the role of bodies, agents, and performative acts in photographic practices; explore how photography constructs and conveys narratives of movement; and address issues of image circulation, archiving, and memory.

Contributing authors: Noemi Quagliati (Ca' Foscari, University of Venice), Florian Krautkr mer (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art), Svea Br unert (University of Applied Sciences Potsdam), Sabrina Moura (Louvre Abu Dhabi), Lara Bourdin (McGill University), Mette Sandbye (University of Copenhagen), Evelyn Runge (University of Cologne), Fabienne Liptay (Universit t Z rich), T. J. Demos (UC Santa Cruz), Christina Tente (University of Gothenburg), Ainslie Murray (UNSW Sydney), Stefanie Michels (Heinrich Heine University D sseldorf), Anna Messner (Heinrich Heine University D sseldorf), Helene Roth (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich), Annette Vowinckel (Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam), Cathrine Bublatzky (University of T bingen), Elizabeth Edwards (De Montfort University Leicester).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 946270502X
• ISBN13: 9789462705029
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher