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Originally Posted by Gary Bagshawe
I do think that digital has de-valued the photographic image
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Oh yes, think it has devalued - in the same way as with Desktop Publishing on PCs, so everyone became a graphics artist; now everyone's become a photographer. Luckily there still remain some institutions/businesses who realise there's just a tad more to taking a picture than owning a camera!
Another example of devaluation is the nude. Now we have a mass of naked bodies but remarkably few nudes (tho' I'm sure some think they're being 'arty', the majority are tending towards pornography)