Tumblring on photography

“I think color prints made from digital files with pigment inkjet printers—again, assuming excellent equipment, fine materials, and an operator who is knowledgeable and skilled and has a fine eye—can be the very most beautiful color prints in the history of the medium.” The Online Photographer: Prejudices #4: The All-Time Best Color Medium in Photography

“But I would argue that much of art is interesting on an intellectual level that has very little to do with whether you (or I, or anyone else) like it or not. The problem is that in order to appreciate art on this level, you have to: a) study art history, whether formally or informally, e.g., through books, b) have access to a lot of an artist’s work and have the time to study it and develop an independent sense of what characterizes the artist’s work and what they were trying to achieve, or c) get the artist to explain what she or he was thinking.” The Online Photographer: Approaching Art