Full Description
Human beings have always had a penchant for collecting images. The challenge today is that almost anything and everything in the world is available as a viewable image. Consequently, say O'Connor and Greisdorf, image collections can no longer be the result of ad hoc processes rooted in antiquated methodologies. To this end, they present the reader with an interdisciplinary approach to the principles, practices and belief systems underlying categorization and image management. The book is divided into three parts: defining the nature of images; describing how images are used; and explaining how and why images are collected (including the mechanics of storage and accessibility). Individual chapters contain a historical perspective on the subject matter and supporting research. Liberally enhanced with illustrations from the authors' own collections. For anyone who cognitively engages with image collections either vocationally or avocationally.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Seeing and Believing
Chapter 1: Do We Need to See?
Chapter 2: Living With Vision
Chapter 3: Seeing and Collecting
Part II: The Language of Image Structures
Chapter 4: Image Semantics: How We Describe What We See
Chapter 5: Image Semantics: How We Describe What We Don't See
Chapter 6: Image Engagement and Complexity
Chapter 7: Image Use
Part III: Image Collection
Chapter 8: What's In A Word?
Chapter 9: "Tag, You're It!"
Chapter 10: Moving On
Part IV: Groupthink, Deindividuation, and Desensitvity
Chapter 11: Master and Masterpiece
Chapter 12: A Word about the Needy
Part V: Lessons from the Future
Chapter 13: A Mathematics of Image Structure
Chapter 14: Image Excess and Collection Access
Chapter 15: What's the Use?
Index
