Portraits of Automated Facial Recognition : On Machinic Ways of Seeing the Face /

Through a critical perspective on visual culture studies, this book offers a unique analysis of the use of automated facial recognition algorithms as they increasingly intervene in society. The first part of this study traces the history of merging statistics and vision by reviewing the example of a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lee-Morrison, Lila, 1977- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Bielefeld : Transcript-Verlag, [2019]
Series:	Image Ser.
Subjects:	Human face recognition (Computer science) Face perception. Portraits. Mass media. Communication. Mass media. Reconnaissance faciale (Informatique) Perception des visages. Médias. portraits. mass media. Media studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies. Face perception Mass media Portraits Image. Media Aesthetics. Media Art. Media Studies. Photography. Technology. Visual Studies. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Table of Contents
Abstract
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: Aesthetics of an Algorithm
Chapter 2: Eigenface
Chapter 3: Francis Galton and the Composite Portrait
Chapter 4: Wittgenstein and the Composite Portrait
Part II: Artistic Interventions
Chapter 5: Portraiture in the Age of AFR
Chapter 6: Metaportraits: Thomas Ruff, andere Portraits
Chapter 7: Faces in Excess: Zach Blas, Facial Weaponization Suite
Chapter 8: An Algorithmic Ready-made: Trevor Paglen, Adversarially Evolved Hallucination and Eigenface (Even The Dead Are Not Safe)
Chapter 9: Conclusion
References
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