Colleagues,Rand,
I am taking a digital photography class. We had to read a paper that I consider to be practically eons old. Included in the article was the statement that digital photography is "not there yet."
I disagree.
I want to rebut that statement. But what do you all think? Is digital there yet? Any comments would be appreciated, and may wind up as a quote in my rebuttal paper.
ALSO...
I would like to Interview about six professional photographers or educators more closely about this. If you are a pro (photographer or edcator) and would be willing to fill out a questionnaire, please respond to dp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I will send you the questionnaire quickly. I only have a week to put this together. It doesn't matter if you agree or disagree with the premise that digital is not there yet. I want to know what people are actually DOING.
Thanks
rand
Side to side comparisons will turn up pluses for each mode depending on use. I think before making a comparison between digital and film photography you need to go back to basics. I've given a lot of thought to this lately because too many discussions of digital v. film completely ignore THE important distinction. That is that digital is a virtual record and film is a material record. The very idea of photography (call it it's mystique) is in large-part based on the materiality of its record. For me the distinction is essential to how to think about art photography.
AZ
