Of course the photons come up : you brought up the real side of this.
If you want to talk about real objects, then you must consider what
the physical manifestations of the image actually is. If you could
create an atom by atom copy of a painting by Picasso, then I would argue
that the two really are identical because if you turned your back I
could do the shell game and you couldn't tell them aprat. A photocopy
is different because it isn't a perfect copy. The problem with digital
is that it actually allows you to make an essentially identical copy of
the original, and this is the first time we've really had to deal with
that in the visual arts. In literature, on the other hand, Hamlet has
always been copyable.
By the way, I'm enjoying this exchnage. Don't let a forceful argument
be mistaken for anger ;-) There's been too much of that lately on the
list.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
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I was just waiting for the Photon argument to crop up
again... A very literal and limited interpretation.
Yes, it's all photons. That's why a Picasso is no
different than a photocopy - both photon stuff.
--- Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But they are not both resultant from light falling
on
real objects. Film is a real object. When a
computer translates something into data it is no
longer a real object but anonymous data.
It is always a real object in either case. In both
cases, photons have
fallen on a physical object and the way this object
responds is what
records the image. The only difference with the CCD
sensor is that the
process can be reversed easily so that the sensor
can be used again. I
reject the idea, however, that either of these
processes ever deals with
disembodied data. The data is always encoded on
some physical object,
be it a silver compound, a silicon chip, ink on
paper, or a retina. In
the digital case, it is simply more obvious that
some of these encoding
stages are in a form not directly visible to the
human eye, like
unprocessed film. In both cases, you must follow a
precise set of steps
to correctly develop the initial recording into a
visible image.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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