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YET Another final say on Instagram

6/6/2013

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I find it rather trite, a bit sad and kinda tired that there are still a few people who deride and ignore an image simply because of the technology used to capture, create or enhance it. An image is an image, is the image, no?

That it was captured over the "phone" rather than a D4; drawn or painted with hoghair or sable, crayola or Sennelier... filtered at the point of capture, the darkroom, photoshop or... instagram. How can this matter?

Some protest, there are just SO SO many images being flung upon theses streams; they all look the same! I simply say to this... Well, I'm having a hoot re-imaging all my old images into filtered little squares; AND isn't it nice that maybe 10, 12 or 24 people out there are getting a little enjoyment along with me, even if just for an instant, rather than these images laying buried under 60,000 shots of my son in some long forgotten folder in iPhoto?

Sharing an image, a moment a thought, even an odd feeling... I do believe that's what André Breton and Ansel had in mind; I mean, they weren't selling cameras.

NOW the instagram as an Ad-platform? For Pete's Sake! (we'll get around to that later :)

@mashygogo over there on instagram if you have any interest at all

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Georgette Wright
6/7/2013 05:23:41 pm

Photography is your view of the world.

I went on a photography course led by a professional and what he taught me helped improve my shots but after two days, I got bored of seeing the world through his eyes. Trained photographers see the world in very similar ways. It's just not called Instagram, it's education.

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GordonGower link
6/8/2013 03:31:42 am

Georgette, I'd never slight the notion of tutelage; learning new techniques and seeking the advice and instructions of others, but I agree with you, that formal education in ones craft can lead to a schooled "sameness"... I think the most brilliant creatives are the ones who put all their knowledge of their craft into their own perspective, explore the boundaries and don't see any "new" process as a threat... As I roll through my Instagram gallery, I'm often blown away by some of the images. Definitely blown away by the fact that I can so easily login and see how som many thousands of people are seeing their world instantly... that's pretty cool eh :-)

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