Includes index

Offers a new interdisciplinary perspective on the scale and quantity of images in contemporary visual cultureUnpacks the notion of the mass image through the lens of affective, representational, political, logistical and material economiesContains chapters by internationally renowned scholars as well as emerging researchers from the Czech Republic, UK and GermanyContributors include many of the key names who have been at the forefront of discussions about scale, digital visual culture, and photography and scale including Michelle Henning, Joanna Zylinska, Sean Cubitt, Joan Fontcuberta and Geoffrey BatchenFor people working in, researching or studying photography, media studies, digital culture and digital visual artsThese essays address the epistemological, aesthetic and political implications of various forms of scaling in both scholarly and artistic work.