Hi,
Sunday, July 21, 2002, 10:17:21 PM, you wrote: > I won't pursue my line of argument much further except to say my analogy of > film/TV was simply to show how different a function two seemingly similar > form of communication can be. And, while TV has become a metaphor for > triviality (I attempted to point this out by mentioning that TV's primary > function is SALES), film has not. Therefore, the epistemological function of > the two is vastly different. "Truth" is possible through film but not TV. I must say, I disagree quite strongly with this, but we'll never settle the matter, certainly not here. > With respect to the digital photography question, I'm convinced that it is a > different form of communication than traditional photography. As I say, > perhaps we don't know exactly how yet, but I think some of the implications I > mentioned are enough to make one think about it (the Lewinsky photo example). I'll be very surprised if the move from film to digital has as dramatic an effect as you seem to think. I see it as following, at least for the mass market, the existing trajectory of photography which is towards end user simplicity and cheapness. However, digital photography is also part of a much more important and dramatic change which is fuelled by the internet and the likely rise of so-called information appliances which we're now starting to see appear. So we're seeing the convergence of phones, diaries, cameras etc. into small cheap devices, and with wireless network connections everywhere we will see some important changes. But for the great majority of people I don't think the actual uses of photography will change much, although the photos will be distributed in a different way and mass-market cameras as we know them will probably disappear. We have, however, been arguing at cross-purposes since my original claim is about visual language, rather than end use. I really don't see that digital photography will change the visual language of photography at all. It's a big subject, but not one that can be dealt with properly with casual emails, unfortunately. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
