On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 06:49 PM, Tris Schuler wrote:
For illustration, a similar parallel could be drawn to painting.
Imagine the death of, say, oils. From a certain date only "digital
oils" would be made. No more brushes, no more smocks, only Paint Shop
Pro. Or drawing. No more pencils, no more gum erasers, just some CAD
title with years-ahead-styling and form.
I don't really think it is the same thing. The meaning of
"photography" is writing with light. Camera is short for "camera
obscura" or dark room because the first ones were rooms with a lens set
in the wall. The point is that digital photography uses a similar
camera and is writing with light. The only difference is the form of
light sensitive material. Instead of emulsion spread on a glass plate,
or a film, it is a light sensitive circuit. There has been an amazing
variety of light sensitive materials already used in the capturing and
printing of an image. This is just one more way to do it. To equate
photography just with the particular process you grew up with is really
limiting. Matthew Brady would probably not have liked 35mm cameras and
film cassettes, but it is still photography.
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California, USA
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