Philosophy of Photography Volume 9 Number 2 © 2018 Intellect Ltd Article. English language. doi: 10.1386/pop.9.2.195_1 POP 9 (2) pp. 195–216 Intellect Limited 2018 195 SARAH PINK Monash University VAIKE FORS AND THOMAS LINDGREN Halmstad University Emerging technologies and anticipatory images: Uncertain ways of knowing with automated and connected mobilities Abstract In this article we outline two different ways of ‘seeing’ autonomous driving (AD) cars. The first corresponds with the technological innovation narrative, published in online industry, policy, business and other news contexts, that pitches AD cars as the solution to societal problems, and urges users to trust and accept them so that such benefits can be accrued. The second is a narrative of everyday improvisation, which was visual- ized through our video ethnography and participant mapping exercises. Our research, undertaken in Sweden, involved possible future everyday users of AD cars. We argue for a research and intervention agenda that examines how the visual narration of how AD cars might participate in human futures, could be shifted to create new modes of trust and reassurance for publics. Keywords design anthropology futures visual ethnography photography video emerging technologies self-driving (autonomous driving) cars everyday life