Examples Of Democratization Of Photography

Democratization of photography be its downfall? The article “ The death of photography: are camera phones destroying an art form?” featured in The Guardian newspaper uses many examples of ethos and pathos in order to ensure that readers devour the paper. With new technologies and social medias emerging and becoming increasingly popular the democratization of photography is becoming an progressively imminent issue. In this article several famous photographers debate this concern, and Stuart Jeffries transforms their debate into a compelling, and thought-provoking article. Although the tone is flawed for the topic of the article, and there are various fallacies, the article is thoroughly convincing through its use of pathos and logos. The

Due to a psychological report and a selfi taken by the president. On the contrary, ZN Consulting reports that the democratization has actually been happening in stages since photography was first invented in the 1800’s and the recent development of camera phones and social media may be the third stage of democratization (ZN). Further research on the subject of democratization in photography has proved that democratization did not, in fact, happen over one week but has been taking place over several years. Now that most people carry a camera around with them in their pockets the role of professional photographers is quickly becoming obsolete. In fact, one photographer claimed that, “ thanks to digital photography there are locals taking images at least as good as [he] can”(Simon). Then, in the last few paragraphs the article suddenly changes tones switching to the view that technology has made it simpler for photographers to share there work, and has actually helped the photography business. Simon concludes with yet another quote from a photographer conveying that professional photographers skill will keep them ahead of the instagrammers and therefore keep them in

The audience was largely neutral and partially resistant, but, some people did agreed with the article while others were outraged about what these photographers had to say. The majority of the comments are people arguing about either the need for democratization or how democratization is ruining photography. Mugteapot commented, “Evolve or die out: Kodak”, Tagelmust said that “cheaper photography is destroying peoples brains”, Ray Mullen commented, “I'm fed up, sick, sore and sorry with idiots pointing their smartphones at everything and anything they should normally be looking at.” Some of the comments were just plain inaccurate while others made valid points. Some got into debates on the reliability of the sources used in the article, particularly the psychologists. Still others got into debates on what true art actually is, and whether an instagram picture of coffee could be considered art. The article attracted a very wide range of audience seeing as photography is, in some form or shape, a part of everyone’s lives. Some people in the audience are professional photographers, and others have never held a camera, besides their phones, in their life. Needless to say this article caused people to think about the evolution photography has gone through, where it is at now, and where it will go in the