Photographing without shooting: the survival of artistic appropriation in the digital age

Abstract

This article investigates the ways in which postmodern artistic appropriation resisted the digital revolution and its impact on the (im)materiality of photographic objects. Drawing on the analysis of the particular production and reception processes in the work of the artist Joachim Schmid, this text investigates how art has adapted itself to the new technological landscapes in a paradoxical world, where people are shooting more than ever, while traditional photographic objects are on the verge of disappearance.