Entangled Environments. Diorama, Photography and the Staging of Natural Surroundings
(2021) Hybrid Photography. Intermedial Practices in Science and Humanities — ISBN: [978-1-501-34165-6], 102-113, accepted/in-press
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- This article addresses how photography and diorama have historically interacted with one another on various levels. While recent research has discussed the similarities between the two media—both are described as “window[s] on nature itself” (Frank M. Chapman) capturing a single moment in time—I reconsider diorama as a hybrid, entangled environment rooted in complex relationships between taxidermy, habitat diorama, animal photography, and stereoscopic images. In this light, photography and diorama assume similar functions and uses, constantly referring to, and reacting against, one another. Reflecting the desires and fantasies of immediacy, tangibility, and natural truth, they are put into the service of scientific, aesthetic, ecological, economic, and educational purposes and interests.
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Streitberger, A. (2021). Entangled Environments. Diorama, Photography and the Staging of Natural Surroundings. In Sara Hillnhütter, Stefanie Klamm, Friedrich Tietjen (ed.), Hybrid Photography. Intermedial Practices in Science and Humanities (pp. 102-113). Routledge. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/228066