Last week Todd Wallack, a San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer, called about a story he was working on concerning the impact of digital photography on society. Todd's article, "Pixel perfect: Torrent of images is leaving film in the dust; Evolution of photos is creating unforeseen effects on society," provides some interesting perspectives, including a photo shop owner who still sells only film.
Todd does a good job covering a lot of the issues raised with the introduction of digital over analog. Here's the excerpt where I am quoted:
"People have to be skeptical,'' said Dennis Dunleavy, who runs the photojournalism program at San Jose State University and wrote his dissertation on the impact of digital photography. "It is a question of skepticism. It is a question of education. It is a question of not allowing people to be gullible."
But Dunleavy said the notion that the "camera never lies" has always been a myth. Photographers, he pointed out, have always presented just one, narrow slice of reality, while leaving the rest outside the viewfinder.
"As soon as I pick up a camera, I am editing my reality," he said.
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