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<p>This is good. Worth a gander. The Adams/Mordor shot is good, but there's something about the Diane Arbus shot with the bunny that appeals too. I thought the idea on Marilyn was good but taken just a little too far.<br /> <em>Popular Photography</em> a couple of years ago in the April issue did a make over of Lange's Destitute Pea Picker (aka Migrant Madonna) photo in their "how to improve" section and presented it straight to great consternation.</p>
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<p>It's entertaining to think of the myriad of ways in which the arguments against PS fall apart under scrutiny. Are cameras really supposed to stick to fidelity above all else? Are we to treat them like handheld xerox machines? Sure would make photography-as-art hard to justify. But coming from true masters of the art, it's probably just a dislike of computer "magic" for someone who's used to getting their hands wet in the creative process. Conversely, those masters can't seriously suggest that their great works came out of the camera with such care that a 1 hour photo shop could develop them with the same power and finess. So how could a digital picture come out of a digital camera without any need for proper "development." Afterall, digital is nothing but an approximation of analog. Years of marketing have convinced an unknowing public that digital enhances the analog to the state of unquestionable perfection. But actually, digital trades convenience and longevity for quality. And convenience is yet another way that the argument against digital PP falls apart. Since a master would surely admit that development needs to be done by an artist and not a robotic printing machine or cheap labor, he would also have to admit that digital puts the power to self process in the hands of more artists. Sure, said artistry would be more "correct" to that old coot if hands were dirty at the end of the process. But regardless, the digital transformation has given everyone the power to oversee the process from capture to printed output.</p>
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