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In a message dated 06/12/2009 16:10:20 GMT Standard Time,
lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
A post it note stuck on a mirror saying I LUV U can have more meaning and
make more impact than a $10 greeting card or a $50 bouquet, on the other hand it
could mean 'I was too lazy to get to the shops in time for Valentine's Day so I
thought I'd better do something.' However judged as works of art or works
of nature it is unlikely that the post it note would score many points.
Something similar may well prevail in respect of photography - a faded, dog
eared newspaper cutting with a poor quality black and white image of someone
long gone could be one of the most precious things in the world to someone. In
some cases any image at all is better than no image.
However as a reader and viewer of the published media I have a strong
dislike for images which are not technically good images and, though I have not
seen the result of her labours I would suggest that the photo journalist relying
on her cell phone is short changing her publication's viewers or readers. I
would suggest that photo editors and photographers have a similar duty of care
towards their clients as has the studio photographer or the professional wedding
photographer.
In a similar vein I know that text messages on a cell phone can prove to be
very useful, even to the point of averting injury, accidents or a fruitless
journey and I accept that no matter how much I dislike abbreviations like M8
(for mate - a term of which I am not particularly fond) abbreviations in txt
msgs are useful but if someone published a Shakespeare play translated into text
abbreviations it would be a traversty ,of the original. A brief outline of the
plot of a play might be conveyed by abbreviations but all the beauty of the
language would be lost.
Michael
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