Conscientious | Nothing New Under the Sun?

Conscientious | Nothing New Under the Sun?

Joerg Colberg over at Conscientious has hit it on the head... current contemporary photography is all the same and has all been done before. I don't know what they are teaching these kids in college but if I see one more series of "deadpan" portraits of teenagers or generation-X, Y or Z, taxidermied animals in unnatural or unrealistic settings, out of focus miniature figures, or HDR/InfiniteDOF, I think I will lose my lunch.

At this point photography is essentially dead. And with Kodak increasingly putting more nails in our coffins (film photographers) I may just give it up and try painting or pastels.

Hopefully, a good conversation starting over at DLK Collection

There's an interesting discussion brewing over on DLK Collection's blog.

I have been gathering my thoughts on this for a while now and will soon post a "manifesto" of sorts on my thoughts on the current state of "art" photography.

And now, for something completely different...