On Photography - The Rise in the Art World - Carol Vogel (Thu 21 Mar 2013)

A Little Peek - George Street / Sydney (Thu 14 Mar 2013)
Carol Vogel (*) writes On Photography (*) and it's rise in the Art World:

photography has changed drastically over the years, becoming more and more ingrained in everyday life through the Internet and Photoshop, smartphones and devices like iPads.

via The Lens Rises in Stature (*) by Carol Vogel (*).

Lots of interesting quotes in this article, which is a kind of milestone article for photography. Here are a few of the quotes I liked ..

Joel Smith (*) observes:

Now everyone’s a photographer, [..] It’s part of the language of what we do. All you have to do is walk down the street. And with Facebook or Tumblr there are infinite possibilities. But museums should be devoted to the original thing. That will continue to give the public a reason to see what’s here.

Julian Cox (*):

There’s a hungry audience of people who want to see photography shows”

and he adds, the reason for photography’s popularity is simple:

It’s accessible.”

Quentin Bajac (*) notes a new direction in Photography Curation:

I’m thinking of photography within a far broader context - with film and painting, architecture and drawing - making connections that show it to be equal in status with all the arts.

Katherine Bussard (*) concludes:

It’s an interesting moment, [..] Earlier generations were struggling to have photography taken seriously. We’re way past that now.