| Abstract | The article discusses the effect of technological changes in photography on the collective memory of society. The article describes how photographs were used to establish concrete measurements of the past in order to construct memories and existential meaning. With the advent of digital photography and manipulation techniques, the sense of photographs as a legitimate repository of the past is being called into question. Details are provided regarding cognitive perception, social consciousness, and constructivism. Also discussed are phenomenological approaches to photographs, positivism, and the tension between subjectivity and objectivity in the interpretation of memory.
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