THE LATEST DEVALUATION OF PHOTOGRAPHY
The Chicago Sun-Times fired all 28 of its photographers on Thursday. Yup, 500 years of experience, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, were expunged from the newspaper in one day. The corporation is now reportedly offering lessons in basic iPhone photography to its reporters.
This is the latest blow to the arts in this country and another sign of the continued cheapening and dumbing down of photography. Like many, I’ve learned to accept cataclysmic change in my profession, to become comfortable with being uncomfortable, and to try and grow from it.
Fortunately, the NY Times still seems to have a clue: Article