*Visual Arts

With the introduction of photography and photomechanical printing processes in the 19th century, the first age of machine pictures and reproductions emerged. The 20th century introduced computer image processing systems, creating a digital imaging revolution. Rather than concentrating on the adversarial aspects of the computer's influence on photography, the electronic revolution can be viewed as offering alternatives that were not previously available. The discussion of photography and electronic imaging addresses tlie following issues: repercussions for current media; deconstruction and alteration of images; transformation and the erasure of the distinction between the actual and represented world; differentiation between computer-processed images and photographs, and the possibility of hybridization between traditional and technological technologies; the challenge that the furthe