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Rediscovery of forgotten images in domestic photo collections

Author(s) -

Dávid Fröhlich,

Steven Wall,

Graham Kiddle

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

personal and ubiquitous computing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416

H-Index - 88

eISSN - 1617-4917

pISSN - 1617-4909

DOI - 10.1007/s00779-012-0612-4

Subject(s) - computer science , social media , accidental , meaning (existential) , mobile device , reuse , visual arts , world wide web , digital photography , multimedia , photography , art , psychology , ecology , physics , acoustics , psychotherapist , biology

The exponential growth of digital photo collections, combined with the legacy of printed photographs, is leading families to experience difficulties in remembering and finding photographs. Paradoxically this creates new opportunities for the re-discovery of forgotten images. This paper reports a new study in this area, based on interviews and creative activities with ten families in the south east of England. The study found that many triggers for photo re-use were either speculative or accidental, and led people to reinterpret the meaning of photographs in the light of subsequent experience and social discussion. This suggests a need to support serendipitous browsing of photographs and a more fluid and provisional approach to the semantic tagging of personal media

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