Hi, Steve, On the contrary, photography freed visual artists from painting only representational images, opening the doors to impressionism, abstract, surrealism, and everything that flowed from those.
And, on the subject of reproductions, prior to photography, there were woodcuts, which could mass produce images. regards, frank Steve Desjardins wrote: > How about this for a for a better title for the "Texas Medium Format > Massacre" thread? > > Actually, I think film photography was what began the devaluation of > the visual arts. Before photos, a painting was a unique object, > difficult to reproduce. Although no two prints are exactly the same, > good copies can be made and even the negative can be copied. No one > objects to getting a copy of a photograph, and the "original" print only > has extra value to a collector. The digital image just carries this > reproducibility one more step. > > Steven Desjardins > Department of Chemistry > Washington and Lee University > Lexington, VA 24450 > (540) 458-8873 > FAX: (540) 458-8878 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
