scottwallick
ambition ≥ skill
I'm sharing two interesting articles examining iPhone photography and—dare I use this phrase here—digital photography and/or common post-processing techniques in photography.
First, Eric Spiegelman writes in Notes in iPhone Photography that applying various effects via software in these photographs,
We should all be so lucky to have the ghost of Walker Evans punch us in our faces.
Second up is the provocatively titled Your Beautiful Pictures Are Stupid: Against Trendy Digital Photography. Here, Choire makes an astute observation that, in my opinion, describes 99% of photography everywhere by everyone since photography was available:
She's closely describes at least in part what I dislike about my own photography.
So discuss!
First, Eric Spiegelman writes in Notes in iPhone Photography that applying various effects via software in these photographs,
". . . is a farce. It’s like saying I’m a cook because I mix and match TV dinners. It’s retarded to think I have a photographic style in iPhone photography. I hope the ghost of Walker Evans punches me in the face."
We should all be so lucky to have the ghost of Walker Evans punch us in our faces.
Second up is the provocatively titled Your Beautiful Pictures Are Stupid: Against Trendy Digital Photography. Here, Choire makes an astute observation that, in my opinion, describes 99% of photography everywhere by everyone since photography was available:
"But we have learned to 'think' in images this way. These are romantic and really somewhat infantile image techniques. They're childish and nostalgic. They're about sunny days and buzzing bees and reading books on a porch, and about road trips and romanticizing urban grime and being oh so gently alienated."
She's closely describes at least in part what I dislike about my own photography.
So discuss!