From the article:
“The popular smartphone application Instagram has drastically changed the way we look at photography, and further, our world. The photo-worthy moments we share with our followers serve as an important function in cultivating the photographic artistic eye. The Instagram photos we choose to share can be seen as our own personal documentation of important moments, aesthetic experiences and perhaps even just your last meal. Looking at someone else’s world through their Instagram account is most often not a clear representation of a person’s life, because as in most art forms, reality is abstracted. The intertwining of reality and how we present it in both Instagram and professional photography has changed the way we look at the art of professional photography. It is both groundbreaking and challenging to the art form……
There is a noticeable quality difference between photos taken on a DSLR camera and an iPhone, but as technology advances, the gap in quality is getting smaller and smaller. The art in a professional photograph versus an Instagram can sometimes be hard to notice at quick glance. Photographs taken by true professional photographers hold dynamic intricacies that Instagram’s cannot match in terms of photographic quality, or advanced compositional knowledge utilized by professional photographers….
The point I am trying to make is that professional photography should not be lost, but instead approached with a new, enhanced level of respect and admiration — despite how accessible, common and fun Instagram now makes the taking and sharing of photos.”
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Indeed. Just as owning technology that allows you to make feature films doesn’t make you a filmmaker.
Amanda x
