Re: Film vs Digital

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Joel wrote:


And it could be hundred(s) of millions of dollars,
I can't remember. I
don't remember seeing the camera (?) to know how
big it was, but an article
and few samples. I believe it was film camera, but I may be wrong.



The problem is not with the technology but in the
way approach has deteriorated.




Are you complaining that once we're free of the
tyranny of the expense of film, some of us are
becoming more experimental in our work?


No. I'm saying that gimmick has replaced experiment.
OK, that's a fair comment. I suspect that since the
first cave drawings appeared, some no talents have
tried to replace art with "gee whiz" special
effects. Simply because some do this, is no reason to
try to socially ban all such attempts.
As a prior poster pointed out, photography is often
thought of strictly as a medium for recording a
snapshot in time. According to this line, any
manipulation is heresy. Whether and to what extent I
accept manipulation depends upon the purpose for
creating the image.
Similarly there is a vast difference between a "I've
been there" postcard and an artistic
interpretation. If the latter includes a manipulation,
so be it.

Art is a window to the soul, as cave paintings express so well. When
manipulation is the rule, art is soulless cartoon fantasy.

A cave painting is nothing but manipulation. That *is*
where the "art" exists (in the manipulation). Without
artistic manipulation, what is left is "cartoon fantasy".

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