Contemporary Photography: Myths and Reality

Sometimes the statements of photographers sound nostalgic: they say, the current picture is not that (shallow, false, artificial), the youth might and main sitting at the computer, and the beauty and simplicity of "clean" frame (ie the frame without processing) and completely disappeared. Such nostalgia did not come out of nowhere - for the last decade the world of photography has undergone global changes (similar to replace the figure, the means of expression have become widely available and the ranks of photographers markedly poplotneli). Changes taking place are on the surface, but if you look closely, there is a more interesting question: what actually changed? Why Photography is "not the same? If peasant plow was replaced by the combine, that means that performance is higher, working conditions more comfortable, and back ache in the evening longer. So, finally, lost photography by acquiring so much?

Photographers, as before, stopping moments, capturing fragments of reality. Consequently, the appointment, or if you want the function of the photographer has not changed since the emergence of photos. The role of photography in the modern world is difficult to underestimate: visual urban space is woven from images and color signals, virtual - only to them and holding on. The film, replace the wet processes - the computer from the "dark" rooms photographers moved to the "bright", illuminated by the radiance of the monitor. Time-consuming, complex processes retouch photographs film is now being implemented in graphic editors. Photographing has become easier and more comfortable to handle. And, most importantly, digital technologies have expanded creative space, allowing you to create without boundaries. More precisely, the boundaries of these are now determined only by the level of skill.

Consequently, photography has not lost anything, but only gained.

But the availability of means of expression led to a regular digital phenomenon - the picture became a massive distraction. Millions of photographers are amateurs daily published on the millions of photos, involved in the maelstrom of creativity without boundaries. For many of the camera and does has become a convenient notebook (I will not remember the "cells" of mobile phones). And, as a result, such access has led to the inevitable change in the modern perception of photography. She, unfortunately, is no longer a mystery.