Came across this great quote on the power and value of photography from Richard Lacayo in Time Magazine (issue, date, etc. to be determined:
We hear it sometimes
that photographs are losing their power. In a world where every other
cell phone has a built in camera and and all the people you know just
posted their summer vacations, their snow angels, and their
tonsillectomies online, there are just too many pictures out there.
Plus, those picures are so easily manipulated and photoshopped, how do
you know when to trust them anymore? And anyway, we've seen it all
before. You can almost believe all that, right up until that moment you
come across one picture that speaks to you, the one that takes your
imperfectly formed feelings and judgements and snaps everything, if
you'll excuse the expression, into focus.
It's the ability to get that "one picture" that distinguishes and substantiates the value of a professionally skilled photographer. Capturing or taking a mediocre capture and brining out the outstanding from it, that is the "art" of the professional.
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