At 10:37 AM 5/29/2006, Qkano wrote:
And professional photgraphers too. Now anyone, even a monkey, can buy a digital camera and produce images better than were ever possible with film.
If that's true, it's a good thing. The history of photography is its place as a democratizing art - Kodak recognized this with the original box camera, roll film took a huge leap forward, and minilabs took it as far as it could before digital. Digital is just another step in the process rather than some disconnect.
BTW: this is meant seriously, I'm becoming more and more aghast at images I'm shown as "great" - even in company advertising brochures - which most here would consign to the bin. The people praising them really do seem to believe they are great. There must be something deeply human ...
Very true, but disconnected from the technology, except the technology available to see so much more than before. There is a Leica user's forum on the Internet that has the amazing combination of lousy photos taken with very expensive cameras and praise for the lousy photos.
Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
