Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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.