Today I met a self confessed photography snob. He refuses to use digital technology as he states it is not real photography and anyone using it is fooling themselves if they think they are photographers! It reminded me of the many eltists I have met who would be horrified if they were thought of that way. People who will only listen to alternative music could be seen in the same light as those who will only listen to classical or even only rap, pop, country or jazz. Its more than just the selective listening, its also the put down of everything they don't listen to.
When I listened to this guy rave about how technology had destroyed his photography business and ruined the profession. How he refused to even learn computing because of what he perceived as the enemy of all that he loved.
So I got to thinking, if Renior or Rembrant lived today... Would they use digital technology, would they be photographers instead of painters?
5 comments:
Being an eltists only works when what you belive in is actually better than everything else. Like the Mac for instance!
Or you could just be a computer snob ?!? maybe baby!
He's not a computer snob, he's just right.
Oh, how we seek to only move within those circles we feel vindicated by!
Is that what it is? I thought I just loved my family. But you may be onto something, we seem to be Apple-Boosters. Do you think I only like Leigh for his Mac???
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