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i know whats next

but you are not ready for it.

if you interiew me before i leave this little island to help Kahn and Selesnick in New York, Hudson i might be able to tell you.
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"A terrible moment for photographers"

Pablo Corral Vega, photographer for National Geographic and NYT Magazine, worries that photography is being trivialized by the ubiquity of images. His a href="http:" / essay /a in Nieman Reports.

"Terrible moment for photographers"

Pablo Corral Vega, photographer for National Geographic and NYT Magazine, worries that photography is being trivialized by the ubiquity of images. His a / essay /a in Nieman Reports.

Raiding the Icebox

The most exciting time for photography, innovation, new technology, revolution, financial and political crisis..... The early 20th century was the most important time for creativity, failed and successful revolutions, fordism, mass production, the great depression of 1928, new technology..... Artists sort new ways to be activists and developed different ideas to experience and produce art. New technology allowed the blurring of high and low art. We are there again, the creative revolution and photography as at the forefront....bring it on!

New perspectives

From a fine art perspective we should be looking at photographers who can push the medium to new heights - to find something new and relevant at the same time - not just interesting images here and there - but a consistent outlook and rythym - a master of their craft. For myself the form, function and surface structure of the photograph is of importance - new ways of looking and possibly recording the world around us - if we don't feel through our work then it will not stand the test of time - it should understand it's history - digest it and create a new beginning.

I wish we had a chrystal sphere!

Hi,
One thing is sure:
When Photography came into life in the mid nineteenth century, the world wondered hysterically if painting was finished, and we now know that painting it's NOT finished at all, so I don't see any reason for photography to disappear because of the advent of video.

Apart from that, it is very difficult to predict what comes next. I mean, it is indeed a fantastic topic to talk about, but how seriously should we taking yet another false alarm?

Photography has indeed drastically changed, like pretty much everything in life, but it's not giving any sign of weakening, if we consider how wealthy the photographic industry is. I am not talking about newspapers and magazines, but rather about the million of competitions, awards, grants, festivals, exhibitions....that we see growing year after year.

What has already changed though, is WHO does photography (see the introduction of digital cameras, including phone-cameras, that has allowed a broader spectrum of photographers to access photography outlets) and HOW photography will be funded in the future (see Kickstarter and similar platforms).

Finally I wish I was in Amsterdam to take part of this round table!!!

Good Luck guys!!

Thanks and keep 'em coming!

Thanks for all the thoughts guys, it's really interesting and really nice to get a debate going. More comments gratefully received!

Moving forwards, ever onwards

I don't know if I'm being naive and declaring my inexperience when I say that I think photography is moving onwards in the best possible way.

It will always remain as a medium and although consumer patterns may change (whether a paper pays for an image or simply steals it-I'm looking at you, Daily Mail), images are still as important as they ever were, if not more.

Emergence of campaigns such as film photographer, Jonathan Canlas' Film Is Not Dead workshops and educational book, prove that there is still a hunger for film photography in this digital age and that people are willing to pay premiums to shoot it and receive it.

I think that photography is moving forwards, ever onwards and I for one am excited.

All the best in Amsterdam, I look forward to reading all about it.

Arogant Nonsense

HI

The future of photography? We as with everything else that started as a minority, rich person's pursuit, the genie is out of the box. Just about everyone is or thinks he/she is a photographer. And then there are the "art" and "names" photographers who will of course continue to thrive.

But they would do well in whatever field they chose. In between are all the other people. Those who constantly strive for excellence, those who struggle to earn a living, those who are only recognised after their death.

Photography is what you want to make it. Never has there been a bigger demand for images, nor a bigger supply. It is a buyers market.

The future of photgraphy is in the thrill of capturing what you think you saw, grabbing a piece of time, in a few cases having very happy clients, but mostly it is personal.

So a few "experts" sitting yarning in a room? Send a donation to Sendai instead.....

More questions

More questions waiting for your answers at foam.org/whatsnext

Its life Jim but not as we know it

Photography is a method of recording light. It is done for for your own acceptance and if other people can do it better than good. From the cradle I looked at things I was fortunate to be able to see I MEAN REALLY SEE. A lot of people look but do not see when I had a stroke in 97 and got double vision I worked out that I could get an autofocus camera but then what image would the camera focus on it cleared up after a few days. It took 52 years of using film before I decided to go Digital, now whatever will be will be and it might take time to come but one can't stop ??? progress they call it for me it's whatever keeps those cash tills ringing I still get my F2 out from time to time and order a CD disc at the same time.

What's next in photography?

Not much.

Exciting graduates

The future of photography can be found from the graduating photography students. Check out degree shows to see what's to come. I am looking forward to attending the Xposure show at the Rag Factory, exciting work from graduating students from the University of Gloucestershire in May. Take a look at their site www.xposureshow.com

kepp on truckin

Keep shooting till your fingers and mind bleed,, Keep pushing with YOUR vision and your work ,,,,,,talk is cheap, just do it ,it's the only way.

Immediacy

The biggest change in photography has surely been the ease with which people can self-publish. It's not that it is dramatically more affordable to get simple equipment (because it's really not), but now people can share their images much more easily and with a much wider audience than they could before, even just ten years ago.

So, as a serious answer, I think images will become even more immediate - digital polaroids on a global scale. News and views of all and sundry are already shared online with the world, instantly, through micro blogging sites like twitter; mobile devices increasingly include simple ways to upload images, almost as soon they are taken - it stand to reason things will keep moving this way.

In this way, everyone can be a photographer, in the same way everyone can be a writer. Good photographers, as good writers, need not fear this!