stefan_krzysiak

my name is Stefan Krzysiak and I am currently writing a design

reseach report on photography for my degree, with the

heading 'Technology and the changing nature of art'. I would

appreciate your opinions on whether or not you believe the dawn of

the digital age has meant the death of photography as an art form or

whether you believe that photography was ever an art form in the

first place. I believe that in the twentieth century, the

photographer took on a different role as social commentator and that

fine art photography no longer exist. I also believe that people

using digial camera equipment can not call themselves photographers

because the manipulation involved with digital strays far away from

the efforts of the masters of photography such as Stieglitz to

produce 'straight photography', images that are not tampered with in

any way. I also would like opinion on what you believe is next for

photography, what does the future hold in store.

Any comments you would like to make on this subject would be very

helpful in my research, as I belive there is a wealth of knowledge to

be harnessed from a such wed site.

yours hopefully

stefan k