Is Photography Dead?

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  Posted By: archmsu @ 09/18/2009 12:00:40 AM

  Technology in "art" is good thing.....But it is true that our standards for what is art have definitly degraded in a way, have become lazy. You can crap in a box and call it art nowadays. I think it all started with the post-modernism movement, where the meaning became more important than the craft, instead of being equal, especially in architecture. Which is why i have a love/hate relationship w/ Frank Gehry. His building are works of art, but they don't function well as buildings. I've heard over and over again that the tenents of his buildings aren't comfortable in spaces. There's tons hot and cold zones and some people have even suffered vertigo in some of his buildings. Plus, it seems like in America that our technology isn't geared always to make us smarter, just lazy.............

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  Posted By: b1ltr1te @ 02/15/2009 5:49:31 PM

  an interesting critical look at photography. Its evolving like everything else. Photography's past will always have a small part in photography's future so don't fret it so much.

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  Posted By: 108billy @ 02/01/2009 6:13:30 PM

  Photography and photojournalism is not dead....YET. Right now its in critical condition and a low chance of survival. With the new HD camcorders available now and even the older semi pro camcorders like the Canon XL1 being sold so cheap, why would any body want to take stills when they can grab HD video and not only have the stills, but also HD video to edit together? If I were heading out on a 2 month trip to gather good quality images and content I would rather not chance missing a great shot and bring the HD camcorder. Video is far more valuable now, but being able to snap a decent shot with a camcorder make the still photo camera pretty much useless.