Postphotography

Nonhuman photography as described in the article is the ability for a sensor to capture data that would normally be invisible or inconspicuous to a human. An example of this nonhuman photography would be an MRI scanner, which reveals the insides of a human in slices of volume. A less practical example is Benedict Groß’s “Who Wants to Be A Self Driving Car,” which explores what the data self driving cars parse looks like. Photography from these nonhuman conditions becomes interesting in that it can enhance data that we would never notice, or obscure data that would normally dominate one’s understanding. These images are useful as a lens of understanding, but also as a generator of artistic ideas.