I had a chance to catch the last day of the Anne Leibovitz exhibition at the Legion of Honor yesterday in San Francisco. This short post by Miguel Garcia-Guzman, the writer of blog Exposure Compensation, is a good follow up to my thoughts after the exhibition.
An excerpt:
The idea that anyone with a “digital” camera can take a photograph is quite true, but making a good photograph is as difficult today as it was 50 years ago. This reminds me of the pointless idea that the current large volume of digital images has changed in any way what makes a good photograph. Of course it hasn’t.
Comments ( 5 )
tehjoyof added these pithy words on May 26 08 at 9:30 pmAmen to that, brother. The exhibit was everything I thought it would be and more.
samkim added these pithy words on May 26 08 at 10:40 pmain’t it the truth HOWEVER it does allow a lot more people to say “i’m a photographer” and think their junk is great. -_- same thing with video cameras. posting on youtube doesn’t make you a film maker.
garrick added these pithy words on May 29 08 at 1:50 amahh so true… that quote reminds me of this whattheduck comic
Patrice added these pithy words on May 29 08 at 6:03 amHaha. Thanks for the link Garrick. Now ain’t that the truth?