The citizen photojournalism via i-phone poison for professional photography and photojournalism is like the Infinite Monkey Theorem. Oh, you havent heard of it? Here it goes: Place an infinite number of monkeys in a room with an infinite number of typewriters and in time they will almost surely type the complete texts of Shakespeare. So, how many billions of i-phone users would be needed to get at least one picture as Ansel Adams? Or Henry Cartier-Bresson? Or Imogen Cunningham? Or... As I can see it, its just another try of corporatism to kill the soul of a liberal profession and make more money out of it. Quality? Credibility? Who gives a sh*t?! Read more: bjp-online/british-journal-of-photography/news/2307127/french-newspaper-removes-all-images-in-support-of-photographers#ixzz2kics4Trv Subscribe to BJP and save money. Click here to save 29% today.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:12:37 +0000
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