On Jan 29, 2011, at 12:07 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:

> Photojournalists are not less relevant; in fact, I think they are needed more 
> than ever these days.

Agreed.

> I think digital photography helps keep photojournalism alive--no film 
> processing and quality of cameras has greatly improved.  Today, we  have some 
> amazing news images on the net and in the newspapers.

True, but it's also one of the reasons serious photojournalism is in jeopardy: 
Everybody has a camera, at least a phone camera. Images direct from the scene 
of events abound. And they're free. 

> It's unfortunate that younger generations didn't have the opportunity to grow 
> up with magazines like Life et al.  The library at school has the complete 
> set of Life magazine, and I've been recently sneaking in time to go through 
> all the issues.  The 1st issue was 11/23/1936.  I've gotten as far as the 
> 12/14/1936 issue.  Fascinating.  I hope to write some short reflections of my 
> experience on my blog.

That would be cool. 

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Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
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