Wenke Fu

DOI: 10.64212/CRTC5322

Abstract
Photography is not only about scientific proof and art anymore. Social photography is gradually emerging and changing our perspective on photographs both in the eyes of the public and professional photographers. The phenomenon of social photography is reducing job opportunities for professional photographers, but at the same time social photography may give people a feeling of digital belonging and digital diasporic intimacy through image sharing on Instagram. Therefore, online image-based communities can be formed. An online image-based community is a mediated medium for conversations about collective and individual memories.

Key Words
Social photography, social media, photography industry, digital diasporic intimacy,
mediated experience