Don, I don't see that anyone has privileged one method over another so far. Digital imagers are sooo sensitive :-0 Seriously, I think there are important aesthetic distinctions to be made among various methods of doing photographs particularly between analog and digital. Again, it doesn't mean one is better than the other. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book, 2nd ed. NOW SHIPPING http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Digital Photography > From: "Don Roberts" <droberts@xxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, August 06, 2004 8:01 pm > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > This may be simplistic but "photography" means "painting with light" > or something to that effect. Nowhere is the medium mentioned. Why > should digital photographers then not have the same status as those > who employ film and paper? > > Bob wrote: > > > > > > lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > >> Bob and Mark, > >> > >> I think digital photography is virtual photography. I would say that > >> rather than being artists skilled digital photographers are > >> illustrators. > >> > > > > > >> I think results are what count and jibes about methods to achieve them > >> are only for fun. It is, of course, senseless to essentialize anything > >> or any one except in jest. > >> AZ > >> > >> > > > > I agree with this..... > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > -- > ================================================== > Don Roberts * Bittersweet Productions * Iowa City, Iowa > * * > There are moments when everything goes well; don't be > frightened, it won't last. --- Jules Renard > ===================================================
