June 29, 2006
Celebrate the moment. Don't photograph it
An English photographer is urging the people of the world to take a day out and stop taking pictures, reports the BBC.
"Becca Bland has launched "non-photography day" - planned for 17 July - through a Website together with a sticker and flyposter campaign in various cities in England.
She's even suggesting a "non-photography police" - a dedicated group who would tell people about the day when they see them taking pictures on the street.
She explained that she wanted people to "put your camera down and appreciate the moment you are in". "Experience life in an unmediated fashion, without anything in front of your eyes. Live in the moment," she added. "
Related:
-- Camera Phones Kill Memories
-- Snap unhappy - digital photography's dirty little secret
-- Capture the moment with eyes, not cameras
-- Picture Phones mark a change in social record-keeping
-- The future of digital cameras
-- Digital era 'a threat to memories'
-- How camera phones will affect print and digital cameras
The Permanent Link to this page is: http://www.textually.org/picturephoning/archives/2006/06/012805.htm