Petapixel Declares: "The Decisive Moment is Dead"...

[Gabriel M.A.]

...Long Live the Constant Moment.

First film was dead. Then rangefinders were dead. Then photography was dead. Not before SLRs became dead and "mirrorless" were here to stay.

I guess you could say that eloquence and the art of rhetoric are dead.

Let's make this a poll: do you agree with this obituary?

 

[Out to Lunch]

I've got better things to do.

 

[johannielscom]

It's not dead to me.

But not before I make good use of it will anybody care about what I think!

And I'm not willing to commit to what any majority would decide on the subject either. I'll just go about my own funny ways.

😀

 

[p.giannakis]

This sort of rhetoric of "such and such is dead" is just another facet of western contemporary consumer's discourse. This is dead so buy that one....

 

[thegman]

This sort of rhetoric of "such and such is dead" is just another facet of western contemporary consumer's discourse. This is dead so buy that one....

I think is exactly right, not to mention the link-bait headlines which are required for ad-driven revenue.

 

[daveleo]

People who write articles for the internet are under lots of pressure to make
shytt up. A grabber title and a few punchy opening sentences and their job is done.

 

[maitani]

the decisive moment is never dead, even in times of 14fps spray and pray mirrorless shewterz

 

[jsrockit]

As long as we like to look at still photographs, the decisive moment will not be dead. That said, the decisive moment is not necessary all the time for good photographs.

 

[kbg32]

Gabriel, I posted this yesterday.

Only the dead are dead. But if you walk down any major street in any major city, you'll notice that sometimes they forget to lie down.

 

[L Collins]

Yawn......

 

[Chuck Albertson]

It's not dead. It's resting.

 

[petronius]

Yawn......

Agreed! ...

 

[anjoca76]

Saying something is dead is dead.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Petapixel is dead.

(Or at least, extremely unwell).

Cheers,

R.

 

[Particular]

Bela Lugosi is dead.

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

There's nothing wrong with writing this sort of thing, if you're a rather silly person wanting to persuade other silly people that you are "cool", or whatever the current nonsense term is.

It's proof of something but not intelligent thought.

😀

 

[Mcary]

Ok what about the Living Dead Decisive Moment is that dead or is that alive? If its a live will a head shot kill it?

 

[Lauffray]

Bela Lugosi is dead.

Quite right ! 😀

 

[Roger Hicks]

Bela Lugosi is dead.

But his acting lives on...

(Much like "The Decisive Moment".)

Cheers,

R.

 

[Penny Lane]

What if the decisive moment is just spending a year dead for tax reasons?

Derk