Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD... Your accurate point raises for me the question... why are photos so often undervalued, and beyond this... what will be the impact of the digital camera image on this devaluation. I have a concern that the value of a fine photograph may be further undermined by the attractiveness of the digital process, whereby you can shoot away and immediately discard the vast majority of the images. Perhaps unfair, but an valid analogy nonetheless... is the vision of the blind person swinging a butterfly net. If you swing it long enough.... you get the idea. Seems to me it can seriously devalue the process, even for the photgrapher....Steve >The drawing comparison doesn't quite work, Martin - People tend to be >intrigued, captivated, etc., by someone who can do a life-like >sketch...But they often tend to be annoyed by someone who photographs >them at a time when they don't expect to be photographed. > - -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html