Selfies and digital photos don’t lose meaning because they’re pixels. They lose weight because they live in a feed built for performance, circulation, and metrics. A printed photo fades and gathers dust, becoming part of a life. Online, images exist for visibility alone.
https://terraphilosophica.substack.com/p/when-images-lost-their-weight
#DigitalCulture #Photography #Philosophy
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