Photography has been used since its beginnings as a tool of control and supervision by government, political and military organizations. During the twentieth century, this raised important issues about the privacy of the individual, civil rights and the veracity of the photographic document.
On the other side, photography is subject to dynamics of dissemination and sharing beyond its creation. This condition subtracts the product from the total supervision of the author, making the photographic image potentially out of control.
This new issue aims to analyse the ambiguities inherent in the opposition ‘control VS free circulation’ of images through the presentation of projects that range from typical operations of the so-called ‘artveillance’ to exploring issues related to technology, ethics and the codification of the language of photography.