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Re: [OM] Requiem for print photography, politics

Subject: Re: [OM] Requiem for print photography, politics
From: Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:58:08 -0400
Hear, Hear!

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Nicholas Herndon <nherndon@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> You're comparing practical tools to instruments used in art.  Sure,
> there are photographers who use their cameras to earn their bread, but
> that's a minority.
>
> A better comparison would be synthetic versus natural hair brushes.
> Artists can debate their mertis all day long (and for all I know they
> do) and house painters couldn't give a rat's behind.  The fact
> remains, they are different instruments for the same thing, and just
> because film is old tech does not mean it is obsolete.  It will still
> have its place in photography for a while yet.
>
> >Many folks, I'm sure, wrote the same kind of piece about buggy whips.
> >And while they likely didn't write about the demise of obsidian spear
> >points, I'm sure the lamentations were sung. <g>
>
> Thanks for sharing the article, AZ, I found it edifying.
>
> As an aside, could we please keep politics out of the OM list (or at
> least to a minimum)?  If I wanted to hear about that shit I'd go on
> Huffington Post or Instapundit or any one of a million websites
> devoted to political discourse.  I read the OM list specifically
> because it stays out of the muddied waters of politics and religion
> and other such subjects.  Thanks.
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