Cam Work

Webcams produce local images from far-flung places that disseminate widely in real time. As each manifestation is quickly replaced by the next their outputs are completely fugitive. These photographic documents disappear almost as soon as they come into existence. Webcam images are virtual refuse that participate in economies of the discard. They are portals to inaccessible places. Gathered together however, webcam photographs constitute a portrait of intimate contemporary culture, one that interrogates more readily available, popular media versions.