W€b 3.0, trap or eldorado for photography?

Already the 12th issue of Fisheye present in newsstands, bookstores and very soon available on tablet (iPad version). On the eve of its second anniversary, Fisheye keeps as a compass the curiosity to decipher the world through photography, and vice versa, as the contents of this issue show. From the resistance of film to the attempts to monetize photography through social networks - with our Web 3.0 dossier - Fisheye's eye remains curious. It looks at porn and 3D, at the reconfiguration of journalism by the lol culture, at graphic design, at the revival of photography in England, at France seen from here - a documentary project led by ImageSingulières and Médiapart. It takes a detour to Brussels to discover a new place dedicated to photography, listens to the Observatory of Creative Freedom talk about the progression of censorship since the attacks on Charlie Hebdo, and deciphers how photos of 1914-1918 and the Shoah are changing our perception of history on the Web. Fisheye also takes a breath of fresh air with Massimo Siragusa's portfolio on his Italian-style theaters, exhibited at La Gacilly, and Philippe Grollier's on the Bonfires in Northern Ireland. The readers' Tumblr is still there, as are all the other events: exhibitions, books, the lab, video art, web projects and all the columns.

The automated image, authors take on machines

Images that are made without any human intention are growing and proliferating around us. Photomatons, surveillance cameras, satellites, drones... If these images could lead one to believe at first sight that the authors have disappeared, the latter turn the paradox around by using them as material to regain their authority. The development of techniques always reveals the concerns of a society and its technological unconscious, and these new photographs tell us something of our time. We therefore ask the question of these images without author. What do they bring? What do they tell? What are their uses? How do artists take possession of them? The subject is vast and touches the borders of freedom. With this mass of photos, the reflection is now on their analysis and their exploitation in this "marvellous" set that is the Big Data. Each automated image contributes to a system that is questionable, to say the least, and yet no one refutes it. As a society magazine about images, we had to open the debate. In this issue, you will also find a report on phototherapy, an investigation on photography in China, a portrait of Eileen Gittins, the founder of Blurb, and of course portfolios such as the one by Géraldine Millo on young people in training, or the one by Estelle Hanania which features funny characters conjuring up the evil spirits of winter. With also David Burnett's view on sports, and many other things...