This is in the corner of a photo I thought I was taking. Image © Jain Lemos.
Some photographers are worried about the proliferation of imagery, a trend that is virtually unstoppable. Perhaps the concern should be about the advancement of camera technology and the acceleration of placing picture-taking devices at every turn in our world. We can’t see even a whole fraction of the images taken every day. So who is looking at your images and how are they coming across them in the first place?
This morning I remembered this exhibition at UC Riverside in 2009 of photographs by blind photographers . The curator’s message is what is the most valuable for me. We aren’t seeing everything and what we do see, we accept for what it appears to be.
Too many photos for editors and publishers means there is competition. Without competition, there is little reason to produce great images—any old shot will do. Prices will go lower, that is the downside, but I’d rather have a lot images with many incredible ones instead of a small supply of mediocre snaps.
Keep looking around for opportunities to take better pictures. Look up and see what everyone else is missing while they use their camera for other tasks.
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