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Photography has entered the chat: WhatsApp as local photographic exchange

This contribution is not meant to be read in a linear or static way. Instead, it unfolds through use. To access the work, scan the QR code below and enter the WhatsApp environment where the project takes place.

Conceived as part of the broader Trigger online series Networking the Audience, this piece by Donald Weber explores WhatsApp as a site for hyper-local photographic exchange. The text you are about to encounter lives in and through interaction - circulating between participants, shaped by context, and activated by your presence within it.

Donald Weber


06 apr. 2026 • 0 min

Donald Weber is a Canadian photographer, visual artist, and Associate Professor of Contemporary Photography at Aalto University, where he leads the MA Photography programme and conducts artistic research on photography, landscape and media ecologies. His work spans documentary and conceptual projects exploring power, memory and exchange, and he has exhibited internationally and published acclaimed books such as Interrogations and War Sand.

  • Networking the audience