Anders Pollas » syndrome http://blog.pollas.dk Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:50:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Photosharing syndrome http://blog.pollas.dk/2006/05/04/photosharing-syndrome/ http://blog.pollas.dk/2006/05/04/photosharing-syndrome/#comments Thu, 04 May 2006 09:38:49 +0000 pollas http://pollas.dk/2006/05/04/photosharing-syndrome/ Continue reading →]]> Inspired by a talk with Jon Froda on using ‘sleeping’ theories as a possible way to inject different thinking into what is believed to be common knowledge and theory practice when working with social media, I’m suggesting taking a look at what could be called ‘photosharing syndrome’.

It’s a way of describing the relation of power between a photographer and the person depicted.

From Wikipedia on the Stockholm syndrome:

[…] the tendency might well be the result of employing the strategy evolved by newborn babies to form an emotional attachment to the nearest powerful adult in order to maximize the probability that this adult will enable — at the very least — the survival of the child, if not also prove to be a good parental figure

Or in other words, you form a Stockholm syndrome-like relationship with the person who just posted your picture on the web. You think it’s horrible, that you look insane and that it actually is a bit unfair. On the other hand, you instinctively recognize the fear of not knowing what this person will do next. You might as well bond with the photographer or things could get even worse…

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