[For the system, alternate title: If It Sort of Looks Like a Duck: Reflecting on Bad Photographs and Chains of Custody]

Authors

Jodi Kearns, University of AkronFollow
Brian C. O'Connor, Visual Thinking Laboratory, College of Information, University of North TexasFollow

Abstract

Though the system will not permit it, our abstract is an out-of-focus photograph of ducks at 1900 pixels wide and black and white, which is approximately 20% the size of the original color photograph we use for our title. By most technical standards, it is a bad picture. Straightening the horizon, cropping the image to emphasize the two foremost ducks, brightening the image to highlight the feet, and adding a caption that indicates activity might yield a “better” picture for some viewers. This piece captures nearly 20 years of conversations about good and bad pictures, and continues the conversation from the 2016 Proceedings about bad words.

Recommended Citation

Kearns, Jodi and O'Connor, Brian C. (2017) "[For the system, alternate title: If It Sort of Looks Like a Duck: Reflecting on Bad Photographs and Chains of Custody]," Proceedings from the Document Academy: Vol. 4 : Iss. 2 , Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35492/docam/4/2/9
Available at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/vol4/iss2/9

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.35492/docam/4/2/9