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Mark Laurie - Master Photographer, Inner Spirit Photography - asked
"Has photography transcended into just image making?"
My response,
Photography has definitely descended from the status it had just a decade or two back,
when film photographers held special skills and equipment not possessed by the masses.
We were a priesthood serving the Muse thru our mastery of the rituals of silver-based photographic processes.
The digital camera age was the equivalent of the Guttenberg Bible and the King James Bible.
The formerly closely held knowledge was now in the hands of an increasing number of Common Folk,
folk who could now examine and explore and interpret that knowledge on their own.
.....
Offhand I'd say that Photography as a whole could be considered transcended to "just image making"
--BUT--
The priesthood, the true adepts are still out there.
One need only look at the differences in skill and vision on display when one does a search for "Photography - Nude" on Renderosity.com or Deviant Art.com .
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and for all the kind words!
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