"This is the same problem I have with digital
photography. The potential is always remarkable. But the medium never
settles. Each year there is a better camera to buy and new software to
download. The user never has time to become comfortable with the tool.
Consequently too much of the work is merely about the technology. The
HDR and QTVR fads are good examples. Instead of focusing on the subject,
users obsess over RAW conversion, Photoshop plug-ins, and on and on.
For good work to develop the technology needs to become as stable and
functional as a typewriter."
- Alec Soth
or perhaps the artist needs to choose one and decide what it is that they want to say.
ReplyDeleteor perhaps the artist needs to choose one and the art needs to decide what it is it wants to say.
xo
erin