Noise-Canceling Technologies for Smartphone Cameras: Self-Image in the Age of Anxiety

Carloalberto Treccani

doi:10.1162/leon_a_02406

Noise-Canceling Technologies for Smartphone Cameras: Self-Image in the Age of Anxiety

Carloalberto Treccani^*

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Department of Humanities and Creative Writing

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Noise-canceling technologies for smartphone cameras allow individuals to control and customize their self-images. These technologies that are used to automatically eliminate unwanted visual noise, such as excessive grain or lighting issues, skin imperfections, and teeth stains, are now widely used on smartphones to transform a noisy photograph into a “clean” and “ideal” image. In this paper, the author conducts a critical analysis of (1) the increasing popularity of these technologies through their application in smartphone cameras; (2) their active involvement in the construction of users’ ideal self-images; and (3) their contribution to increased instances of visual phobias, obsessions, anxieties, and irritation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	383-387
Number of pages	5
Journal	Leonardo
Volume	56
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_02406
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2023

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