“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst," said Henri Cartier-
Bresson.
"Who the hell is that? Can I follow him on Twitter?" would probably be the response of many people today.
OK. You can look it up here. He was the father of photojournalism and a master of candid photography.
The concept of professional photography seems to be rapidly dying. The same holds true for videography. Vine just launched last week. Just what I needed...6-second amateur videos posted on Twitter!
Instagram...YouTube...Vine...they all even sound so clinical and cold.
What happened to the photos hanging to dry in the darkroom? The exciting moments while we waited for our Polaroid moment to appear? The evenings spent sitting around the family room while home movies (which didn't originally have sound) were loaded on a projector?
I suppose one could argue that now the art of photography and videography is so simple that everyone can have instant access to capturing a meaningful moment. Or, according to Henri, each person has 10,000 really awful pieces of stuff that he is now sharing with the world.
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