Vincenzo Fiore Marrese

The Ontological Shift in Fixing an Image from Camera Obscura to Photography

Photography historically assumes the knowledge of the camera obscura effect.

The main difference, however, is that an attempt was made to fix the image created in the camera obscura.

This fixation process radically changes the ontological state of the images created in the camera obscura.

The object projected in the camera obscura cannot be in the same space as it. It has to be separated, even though it is present right now.

Once the image is fixed (or stored as data), the object may be in the same space and time, or it may not be.

In the camera obscura, the object must be absent in space but present in time.

In photography, the object may be present or absent in space and time.