in-game photography Archives - Prof. Sebastian Möring, PhD

May 11, 2026

Exhibition: Captured in Code

[English description below] Captured In Code – Virtual Photography Mehr Informationen: https://www.capturedincode.de Das Festhalten flüchtiger Momente, Ausdruck von Kreativität, der Austausch in Communities: das und vieles mehr bietet das aufstrebende Medium der virtuellen Fotografie. Captured in Code widmet sich dieser im Ausstellungskontext bisher kaum beleuchteten Praxis und macht ihre ästhetische und methodische Vielfalt sichtbar. Virtuelle Fotografie entsteht innerhalb digitaler Spielwelten: Über...

Exhibitions/Media/News/Projects/Research

November 22, 2025

Walkthrough of the DIGAREC In-Game Photo Gallery

This video shows a walkthrough of the DIGAREC In-Game Photo Gallery. The gallery showcases in-game photography works by students from the European Media Studies* program produced between 2016 and 2020. The gallery was created in the social VR tool Mozilla Hubs by the Mozilla Foundation. It opened in 2020 and was accessible from any browser. One could also use VR-goggles....

Exhibitions/Projects/Research/Teaching

May 1, 2025

Camera Ludica now in Italian

[German and Italian below] Wonderful news: Camera Ludica is now available in Italian. The text ‘Camera Ludica: Reflections on Photography in Video Games’ by Marco De Mutiis and myself has been translated into Italian. This chapter is part of the recently published volume “Fotoludica. Fotografia e videogiochi tra arte e documentazione”, edited by Matteo Bittanti and Marco De Mutiis at...

Publication/Research

March 11, 2025

Zu Gast im Podcast lernen : next level

[English below] Ich war vor einiger Zeit zu Gast im Podcast lernen : next level, der sich mit dem Thema “Game-based Learning[…] und seiner Anwendung im Bildungsbereich” beschäftigt und dazu verschiedene Expert*innen einlädt. In der Folge “#6 – Umsetzung für den Unterricht” durfte ich mit den Hosts Mandy Dörre und Kevin Birkefeld über meine Erfahrungen zum Einsatz von Computerspielen im...

Media/Projects/Teaching

March 3, 2025

Basic Readings on In-Game Photography

This is a list of basic readings on in-game photography as a practice, medium, and art form: Web sources http://gamescenes.org https://gta5.photography/artworks https://videogametourism.at http://ingame.photography

Research/Teaching/Workshop

February 28, 2025

Games Now! on March 3!

Update March 4, 2025: Here is the video of my talk at Games Now! Event Week: I will be speaking at Games Now! on March 3! I am very happy to deliver my talk, “Frame the Game – Approaching Photographic Practices in Computer Games” as part of the kick-off of the Games Now! Event Week of Spring 2025. The talk...

Lecture/Media/News

July 5, 2023

Toxic Landscapes

I am incredibly excited that my students get the chance to present their latest in-game photography work at the opening of the exhibition “Tanja Engelberts. Toxic Landscapes.” The opening takes place at Haus der Brandenburgisch-Preußischen Geschichte in Potsdam, Am Neuen Markt 9, 14467 Potsdam, July 6, 2023, at 7 pm (entrance opens at 6.30 pm). More information about the exhibition...

Exhibitions/Research/Teaching

June 2, 2023

Screen Images published!

We are enormously happy that our edited volume Screen Images. In-Game Photography, Screenshot, Screencast has been published now in open access (https://doi.org/10.55309/c3ie61k5). The book contains many inspiring chapters by fantastic authors as well as artworks from outstanding artists. I am personally very happy that the volume offers a number of new texts on in-game photography. We hope everyone enjoys reading...

Publication/Research/Teaching

December 8, 2022

Presentation: Screen Images at C/O Digital Festival (incl. In-Game Photo Competition)

[German below] It is with great pleasure that we announce the presentation of our edited volume Screen Images: In-Game Photography, Screenshot, Screencast published with Kadmos Kulturverlag Berlin in 2023. This volume examines historical and contemporary image practices and phenomena – including screenshots, screen photography, screencasts, and in-game photography – and investigates a new interdisciplinary area of research. The book presentation will be part of...

News/Publication/Research

November 9, 2022

Workshop: The Photographer’s Guide to Los Santos

The workshop language will be English Registration here When? November 17, 202218:00 Where? ZeM – Brandenburgisches Zentrum für MedienwissenschaftenHermann-Elflein-Straße 18, 14467 Potsdam & Livestream at co-digital.org (we are not sure how well the stream will work. Come in person if this is feasible for you!). Questions?Write us an email More information: https://co-digital.org/en/events/the-photographers-guide-to-los-santos The workshop “The Photographer’s Guide to Los Santos” will...