5-y ago if I showed someone a photo that was other than mundane no-one (read NONE) ever questioned that it was just an honest record. The usual response would range from "wow, how did you get that" or "mmm, you were lucky" <BIG G>.
Today the first reaction is universally "how did you *do* that?"
Isn't it possible that this could be progress? That now most people know that photography can deceive, that it's no longer just an inside group aware of the manipulation possibilities?
Jeff Spirer
Photos: http://www.spirer.com
One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
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