Lenehan’s showing me up with his photoshop skills:
Caution: Objects in photo are realer than they appear.
I wonder, now, if I photoshopped (or, in my case Fireworked ) some of my favorite shots, like, for example, this one
or, even, this one
would it take away from my direct point, click, shoot link to having been there? Does the ‘reality’ that I captured disappear from metaphysical existence if I adjust the contrast?
Im reminded of that tribe in Africa that the British encountered in the mid-Victorian era (totally blanking on the name, sorry) who quickly deduced that the camera was an evil invention that stole a piece of your soul with every snap. You know, looked at in the context of today’s lurching paparazziesta of a culture we’ve got ourselves, the tribesman start to sound less and less unreasonable.
Back to work. Yes, it’s 3 in the morning. Yes, I’m done.
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