I really enjoyed Reading 1, I was not super familiar with the particulars of historic photographical processes so learning about that and the motivation of scientific documentation was pretty fascinating. Although it makes perfectly good sense, I was really struck by how the reading mentioned “standardisation was not one of photography’s strong points” because I think I have always perceived the digital cameras that surround me as mass produced standard tools. I also find the dual “notion that photography was a malleable medium” while also being “indiscriminate” a really interesting pairing. This, I think, is a sentiment that still exists.
When it comes to imaging made possible through scientific means, the first thing I could think of was IBM Research’s atom-sized smallest animation, “A Boy and his Atom” (2013). Not only are people able to capture images small enough to see individual atoms, but they were also able to exercise control over individual atoms and manipulate them into sequential images that became a full out animation. I think the pairing of control with imaging is a super fascinating concept when it comes to capture.