[Leica] Re: Photography - a serious art form anymore?

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Solution for your remark:
Throw away the digineg after x prints, or control (and guarantee) the  
number of prints made from it;
Use photography and all its actual sidekicks to visualize something  
original in your own personal way.
Never use commercial value as a starting point for making a  
photograph if you intend to call it 'art'.

Question: I thought one of the characteristics of photography was  
that it could be reproduced, whatever the era?


Op 29-apr-06, om 13:03 heeft D Khong het volgende geschreven:

> I read a newspaper article that photography is losing its place as a
> serious art form. It took many years for photo images to become
> acceptable.  Of late, art galleries are exhibiting less and less
> photographs. Art collectors seem to be less interested in acquiring
> photographs.
>
> One reason is that digital manipulation has taken the cutting edge off
> photo imaging. Gone are the days when photographs represented the real
> thing. With digital imaging, it is possible to make perfect and
> blemish free pictures. Manipulation took away anything that should not
> be there and could added anything that can improve the final look.
> Once saved digitally, you could make millions of copies anytime,
> anywhere....so where's the collectible value? With film, one could at
> least destroy the negative once a limited number of print editions are
> made.
>
> Dan K.
>
>
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