The Death of Photography

[Dpingr1]

Like many business tech articles, a rant about a particular business decision, in this case disguised with a headline and lead that attempts to make it seem relevant enough for the New Yorker's urbane readers. I thought they usually handled this kind of thing with wry, unfunny cartoons?

 

[css9450]

the title says: "We Will Photograph Everything and Look at Nothing" that is, taking photos is becoming more important than direct perception.

Reminds me of a guy I used to see around occasionally. He always had a camera, and was always seen snapping away. No one ever saw his pics. Eventually we learned the camera was empty! He just liked the activity of picture-taking. But imagine the money he saved on film!

I always wanted to distract him long enough to load a roll of film into his camera. Who knows, he might have been real good!

 

[leicapixie]

I am retired and so can really spend valuable time, on photography.
Photography is alive.
For many millions it is already dead!
A school wanted photos of graduating high school,
when they were babies and tiny tots.
The begin of digital age!
Approx. 15 years ago..
They had none!
All lost on outmoded drives and discs..
The school used Grade One official portraits..
Print, print, print!
Do not trust cloud or drives.
Technology moves forward faster and faster..

 

[FujiLove]

Just seems like another BS click-bait article to me. The usual over-blown nonsense.

 

[Ronald M]

People think photography digital simplified photography. Getting an image is now simpler. Making a quality image is something you need photoshop for and that is way beyond most people. They do not even recognize a flat digital image when they see it.

And pushing the shutter release does not good composition and timing and LIGHTING.

So we make thousands of happy snaps that were not made before. Photography? Probably yes. Art. Absolutely not.

 

[jsrockit]

The Death of Journalism

 

[FujiLove]

Yes Agreed, like most things in Life Today
so much BS to waddle thru

Waddling through the BS of modern life is something I've been thinking a lot about lately. I'm convinced that a large proportion of the things we're using today are actually inferior to the ones that came before.

Kindles, MP3s, flappy paddle gear boxes, film emulation software etc.

 

[FujiLove]

The Death of Journalism

Yes, that is real...and worrying.

 

[KM-25]

Why the provocative "TMZ" title when the title of the article is not that?

Also, tech people including tech centric writers love to pretend to be crystal ball readers, using blanket phrases like "We" as if it applies to everyone. So this writer's audience is simply more people like him, tech heads who can't see past their devices.

I feel kinda bad for him, he is just another tech windbag who has built the perfect mousetrap that he is now stuck in.

 

[dnk512]

Not much different than when Word Processing made it possible for everyone to spell check and format their thoughts; and then the internet allowed everyone to share those writings. However, good written works and their authors are still recognized even though *everyone* is typing and posting -- just as I do now.

 

[airfrogusmc]

Photography was going to be the death of painting. Color would kill B&W. Video was going to kill still. Digital was going to kill film.

 

[uhoh7]

The Death of Journalism

YES!!!

Photography used to have many high bars, and the gap between instamatic and nikon F was pretty big.

Today everybody is always shooting, and you know what? Some of them are pretty good at it. Which makes me fell alot less special 🙂

I'm taking a spring trip to Moab, but whats a bit daunting is how many of these red arches will have hardly room for a tripod with many other shooters.

Makes me wonder what I can make worth making, but I will try 🙂

 

[Out to Lunch]

Just another blog.

 

[lthan07]

This kind of thing happens in every discipline. Whatever people's opinions are, they have to be able to distinguish between the photograph (the artistic result) and the photography (the means and/or activity.)

The ubiquitous access that technology provides doesn't deter from anything that we're doing. Just because the activity has become easier by way of technology only means more people can partake in the activity; though statistically you could argue that there are more great photographs as a result.

We can all read and write but not everybody can be a James Joyce.

 

[Spanik]

I like the title. Sadly I'm already that far.

 

[bmattock]

I saw the article in my news feed. Didn't click on it. I still haven't read it. I don't know what it contains that would affect me in any way.

I am who and what I am. I do what I do. I don't know what else matters.

As to being a photographer, I am if I say I am. Anyone is free to disagree. I don't give two craps what they think I should properly be called, nor should they care what I think they should be called.

Life is too short to listen to idiot opinions about things that don't matter.