Future of Museums

Poster

P24 - Candids, Plandids, & the future of Installation Photography

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Decentralized exhibition photos that smartphone-enabled museum visitors take and post online represent a shift from traditional installation photography. This presentation will consider the differences between the movements of historic and modern museum-goers within digital and gallery spaces, and will demonstrate how visitors’ photos perform on photo-sharing platforms.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify and distinguish popular and well-performing museum photos appearing on Instagram from traditional types of museum photography.
• Define why “plandids,” “candids,” and certain types of museum photography do well on photo-sharing platforms.
• Track the audience that typically is on these platforms and engages with museum photography and museum content.

Poster Presenter(s)

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  Betsy Willett

  Marketing & Development Associate
  MIT List Visual Arts Center