# The Social Photo: On Photography and Social Media

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- Book: [The Social Photo: On Photography and Social Media](https://www.bookquiver.com/nathan-jurgenson/the-social-photo-on-photography-and-social-media) ([The Social Photo: On Photography and Social Media.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/nathan-jurgenson/the-social-photo-on-photography-and-social-media.md))
- Authors: [Nathan Jurgenson](https://www.bookquiver.com/nathan-jurgenson)
- Publisher: verso_books
- ISBN: 978-17-8873-091-4
- Pages: 144
- Published: 2019-04-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

The selfie, the faux-vintage photo, the self-destructing image, the food photo—these new visual forms and the devices and platforms that facilitate them have fomented a cultural revolution. Not only has the art of photography and the industry around it been transformed, but the way we under-stand ourselves has changed. The Social Photo provides a language and conceptual framework to comprehend photography in the age of social media. This updated edition includes a new preface contemplating the fate of the social photo in the era of AI-generated images.