ABSTRACT
This chapter considers contemporary personal photography in terms of temporalities. We examine the degree to which modes of ‘habitual photography’ prompt re-theorizing along three trajectories. First, how habitual photography is part of unprecedented temporal mediatization. Second, how current practices of personal photography articulate novel temporalities, but also become entangled with the rhythms of other daily practices. Third, how digital media have reconfigured the temporality of the image and the possibilities of temporal experience. We argue that photography has become more pivotal in shaping our understanding and experience of time, and provides a tangible moment of critique in attention economies.
