Ben Campion
I am a PhD researcher and teaching assistant in the department, specialising in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. My curerent research focuses on philosophical issues surrounding photography, especially the question of how we are to understand the role of agency in a medium typically understood as mechanical or automatic. I also work as an editorial assistant for the British Journal of Aesthetics and am a postgraduate member of the managing committee for the Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts.
Publications
- Forthcoming. 'Videogame Photography and Spectator Gaming: a Flusserian Perspective', British Journal of Aesthetics.
- Forthcoming. 'Wilson's Multi-stage Account and the Dilemma of Videogame Photography', Debates in Aesthetics. *Awarded the 2024 Debates in Aesthetics Essay Prize*
Talks and Conference Presentations
- October 2024: Artificial Intelligence and the Aesthetic Value of Photography. M4C Research Festival, Birmingham.
- June 2024: What is Photographic about Videogame Photography? 2024 ESA Conference, Naples.
- December 2023: Response to Heather Widows' 'Myself and my Selfie'. Philosophy Christmas Lecture, University of Warwick. [Invited]
- November 2023: Photography and 'the Photographic' in Videogame Screenshots. World Philosophy Day Talk, University of Hull. [Invited]
- October 2023: Videogame Photography Returns: Photography and the Photographic. Philosophy Department Work in Progress Seminar, University of Warwick.
- October 2023: Collaboration and Trust in Photography. 2023 British Postgraduate Philosophy Association Conference, University of York.
- October 2023: Photographic Style and Photographic Subjects in Sebastião Salgado’s Images of the Developing World. M4C Research Festival 2023, Birmingham.
- September 2023: Collaboration and Trust in Photography. 2023 Postgraduate Welcome Conference, University of Warick.
- June 2023: Understanding the Relation of Action and Knowledge in Flusser’s Theory of Photography. 2023 ESA Conference, Budapest.
- June 2023: Photographic Style and Photographic Subjects in Sebastião Salgado’s Images of the Developing World. Philosophy and Race Research Celebration, University of Warwick.
- May 2023: Intention, Knowledge, and Embodied Action in Schneider’s Photographic Performance. 8th BSA Postgradaute Conference: Aesthetics and the Body, University of Kent.
- May 2023: Understanding the Relationship between Knolwedge and Action in Flusser's Theory of Photography. Philosophy Department Work in Progress Seminar, University of Warwick.
- January 2023: Workshop on Debates in Aesthetics Photography Special Issue. Philosophy and Photography Lab. [Invited]
- November 2022: Between Anscombe and Flusser: Inside the 'Black Box' of Photography. World Philosophy Day Talk, University of Hull. [Invited]
- October 2022: The New Theory of Photography and the Dilemma of Videogame Imagery. Philosophy Department Work in Progress Seminar, University of Warwick.
Office hours in Term 1:
Tuesdays 11:00-13:00 in S2.66
Email: ben.campion@warwick.ac.uk