It would seem to me that there are many themes flowing through this week’s work on Rethinking Photographers. I’ll pick four: First, the impact of technology on photography. I include in this not just digital cameras, mobile phones and the like – but social media, the Internet, cheap travel and so forth. In this I agree with Pierre – it’s a …
Truth in Photographs
There are many different philosophical theories of truth – pragmatism, coherence, realism, correspondence, language etc. That said, it is indeed TRUE that there are many theories. That is a truth in its own right, which we would all accept. We also have generally accepted notions of truth – night follows day; one plus one equals two; the Moon orbits the Earth; iso/shutter …