"After Photography" examines the myriad ways in which the digital revolution has fundamentally altered the way we receive visual information, from photos of news events taken by ordinary people on mobile phones to the widespread use of image surveillance. In a world beset by critical problems and ambiguous boundaries, Fred Ritchin argues that it is time to explore the possibilities created by digital innovations and to use them to understand our rapidly changing world. Ritchin investigates the future of visual media as the digital revolution transforms images into a hypertextual medium, fundamentally changing the way we conceptualise the world. Simultaneously, the increased manipulation of photographs makes photography suspect as reliable documentation. In the tradition of John Berger and Susan Sontag, Ritchin analyses photography's failings and reveals untapped potentials for the medium.

弗里德•里奇（Fred Ritchin），纽约大学摄影与成像系教授，《纽约时报杂志》前图片编辑，杂志《相机艺术》执行编辑，国际摄影中心摄影报道与纪实摄影项目的创始主任。多年来，里奇在国际范围内就媒介问题进行写作、举办讲座。他也是《我们自己的图像：即将来临的摄影革命》（In Our Own Image: The Coming Revolution in Photography）的作者，文章被收录在许多书里，如《我们的时代：玛格南摄影师眼中的世界》（In Our Time: The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers）、《萨赫勒：道路的尽头》（Sahel: The End of the Road）以及《面对炮火：越南的伟大摄影师和写作者》（Under Fire: Great Photographers and Writers in Vietnam）。

他也是“像素出版社”（pixelpress.org）的总监，这是一个在新媒体、纪实与人权方面跨界工作的机构，它与人权组织合作开展各种运动，比如在全球范围内消灭小儿麻痹症、推进千年发展计划。

弗里德•里奇和他的家人生活在纽约。