[Leica] While it is happening

[buzz.hausner at verizon.net (buzz.hausner@verizon.net)]

No, not really.

Buzz
> 
> From: Afterswift@aol.com
> Date: 2004/06/21 Mon AM 11:59:28 EDT
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] While it is happening
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> With the advent of dependable and affordable digital cameras [Leica 
> Digital 
> M? TK], I'm wondering whether the ways we employ photography in general 
> has 
> changed. Beyond the professional and family uses, has digital opened new 
> vistas 
> for photography? For example, now that we can include photos easily with 
> our 
> writing, has our writing changed? Can we attach the terms 'casual' and 
> 'routine' 
> to photography because of digital's low per image cost, direct to Net 
> connection, ascending quality, esthetic conversions (B&W, Sepia, High 
> Contrast, etc.) 
> automation and ease of mastery? 
> 
> Has digital opened new horizons for us? What do you think they are? Does 
> digital characterize our modern way of life: throwaway society, instant 
> gratification, consumerism, obsolescence, living for the here and now, 
> luxury, more 
> democratic equality, etc? Should we even bother examining change while it 
> is 
> happening? 
> 
> Best,
> Bob