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| Photography: Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. See also Pictures, Art, Artworks, Aesthetics._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Clay Shirky on Photography - Dictionary of Arguments
I 74 Photography/Social Media/Shirky: iStockPhoto.com is a result of amateurisation in the field of photography. I 75 In the times before iStockPhoto, amateurs had no chance to publish their work. Now the platform poses a threat to the earnings of professional photographers. A photo of an influenza patient that was needed for a release may have cost $100 - but $1 at iStockPhoto. The price for professional photos often comes more from the effort to find the right photo than from the difference in quality. Professionality/Shirky: is determined today in the field of photography by the tax offices: someone who earns more than 5,000 dollars a year is a professional. >Social media, >Internet, >Internet culture._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Shirky I Clay Shirky Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations New York 2009 |
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