What is an image

What is an image brainstorm

an image of the present

confusion
pixels
screen
photo
drawing
moment
time
stillness
perspective

culture:

Digital culture, the instantaneous gratification of online platforms

Trends, virality, and over-consumption:

The amount of demand for "viral" products increases faster and depletes faster than ever before. Gone are the days of season long trends in fashion, interior design, makeup, aesthetics, food, and other consumer goods. It's a massive shoot up in popularity then immediate depletion in demand. The economic implications of viral products is changing faster then ever

Not only digital images but video glimpses that collect moments of peoples lives. Everyone has opinions and access to an unlimited platform for better or worse

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HOW
DOES
DIGITAL
MEDIA
ALTER
OUR INTERPRETATION
OF
THE
PRESENT
WORLD
AROUND
US?

what happens to our brains when we consume the digital media of today? what implications does the reachability and instant gratification of the internet and online platforms have on a developing mind?

images of the week:

Bakhmut, Ukraine

Ukrainian servicemen fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun toward Russian positions on a frontline near Bakhmut. Germany confirmed this week that it will make 14 Leopard 2 tanks available for Ukraine’s war effort, and give partner countries permission to re-export further battle tanks to Kyiv, overcoming misgivings about sending heavy weaponry that Ukraine sees as crucial to defeat the Russian invasion
Photograph: Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters

Donetsk, Ukraine

Anya, 7, plays with her toys in the shelter where she and her family have lived in Donetsk during the Russian invasion. Eleven people were killed and 11 others wounded in a wave of Russian missile attacks across Ukraine this week, a day after the US and Germany agreed to deliver tanks to Kyiv
Photograph: Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Lima, Peru

A woman is helped amid anti-government protests after Peru’s former President Pedro Castillo was ousted in Lima. Amid the demonstrations and with roadblocks paralysing much of the country, Peruvian authorities this week ordered the closure ‘until further notice’ of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu and the Inca trail that leads to the world heritage archeological site – Peru’s biggest tourist attraction which brings in more than a million visitors a year
Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters

Jenin, West Bank

Palestinians burn tyres and wave the national flag during a protest against an Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin along the border fence with Israel. Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians during a raid in the north of the occupied West Bank in the deadliest single day in the territory in years, prompting Palestinian militants to fire two rockets from the Gaza Strip and Palestinian leaders to cut security ties with Israel
Photograph: Fatima Shbair/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

A woman and her daughter run past a barricade that was set up by members of the police during a protest in Port-au-Prince. Police are protesting at the killings of officers by Haitian gangs. At least 10 officers have been murdered in the past week; another is missing and one more has severe bullet wounds, according to the Haitian national police
Photograph: Odelyn Joseph/AP

Kavre, Nepal

Nepalese Hindu devotees gather to bathe on the first day of the month-long Swasthani festival in the Triveni River
Photograph: Prabin Ranabhat/Rex/Shutterstock

Paris, France

Models walk the runway during the Valentino haute couture spring-summer 2023 collection at Paris fashion week
Photograph: Lewis Joly/AP

Washington DC, US

Abortion-rights supporters stage a counter protest during the 50th annual March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington. Thousands of protesters gathered across the US to protest at the end of the federal right to abortion – marching on the the 50th anniversary of the Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision that made abortion a constitutional right in 1973, but which was struck down last year
Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images