Comments on: Is Photography Dead? http://www.photographybay.com/2007/12/05/is-photography-dead/ The latest in digital photography and camera reviews, news and rumors for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus and more. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:07:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike http://www.photographybay.com/2007/12/05/is-photography-dead/#comment-3300 Mike Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:31:39 +0000 http://www.photographybay.com/2007/12/05/is-photography-dead/#comment-3300 Here is what I said regarding the Newsweek article: Comment: Is photography dead? I don't think so. It is a bit strange to link digital photography and Photoshop to the beginning of the end for photography. For some fields, such as photojournalism, I do agree that photographers must be careful not to modify the image to the point that they are making history rather than reporting it. And I don't care for some works of art that started with a photograph, but with software end up looking more like a cartoon or a Dali painting. But for any work of art, be it literature, a painting, the cinema, or a photograph: the truth lies both in the eye of the creator and the viewer. We all have our own frame of reference and set of experiences that affect how we interpret the work of art. With the advances in digital cameras and film, I think the art of photography is accessible to more than it has ever been today. As someone that still loves to load up a roll of Tri-X black and white film in my camera, or on another day take out my digital camera, I feel photography is very much alive. So grab that old film camera out of the closet, or that brand new 12 Megapixel DSLR, and lets go out and takes some photos for all too enjoy! Who's with me? Michael Watry Here is what I said regarding the Newsweek article:

Comment: Is photography dead? I don’t think so. It is a bit strange to link digital photography and Photoshop to the beginning of the end for photography. For some fields, such as photojournalism, I do agree that photographers must be careful not to modify the image to the point that they are making history rather than reporting it. And I don’t care for some works of art that started with a photograph, but with software end up looking more like a cartoon or a Dali painting.

But for any work of art, be it literature, a painting, the cinema, or a photograph: the truth lies both in the eye of the creator and the viewer. We all have our own frame of reference and set of experiences that affect how we interpret the work of art.

With the advances in digital cameras and film, I think the art of photography is accessible to more than it has ever been today. As someone that still loves to load up a roll of Tri-X black and white film in my camera, or on another day take out my digital camera, I feel photography is very much alive. So grab that old film camera out of the closet, or that brand new 12 Megapixel DSLR, and lets go out and takes some photos for all too enjoy! Who’s with me?

Michael Watry

]]> By: Tony http://www.photographybay.com/2007/12/05/is-photography-dead/#comment-3259 Tony Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:56:32 +0000 http://www.photographybay.com/2007/12/05/is-photography-dead/#comment-3259 Photography is no more dead than any other creative endeavor that mankind finds to invest in. We all mimic one another but in our own unique ways. It's not the tool, the medium, or the technology but the spirit of life flowing through all of us, being expressed, that matters above all. Photography is no more dead than any other creative endeavor that mankind finds to invest in. We all mimic one another but in our own unique ways. It’s not the tool, the medium, or the technology but the spirit of life flowing through all of us, being expressed, that matters above all.

]]> By: mk http://www.photographybay.com/2007/12/05/is-photography-dead/#comment-3255 mk Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:36:15 +0000 http://www.photographybay.com/2007/12/05/is-photography-dead/#comment-3255 Nonsense. Soul comes from people, not technology. Nonsense. Soul comes from people, not technology.

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