February 7, 2007
We Are All Photographers Now!
We Are All Photographers Now!, at the Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne Switzerland, a museum for photography, where anyone in the world can be part of the exhibition by uploading their pictures here. [via we-make-money-not-art.com]
This innovative project takes a close look at the current state of this exciting, rapidly mutating image environment. A highly interactive event, it welcomes submissions from across the globe, and invites both live and virtual debates between visitors of all ages, educators, representatives of industry, photographers, editors, curators and cutting-edge internauts, netizens, and digerati. And just as our image world shifts with each passing hour, minute and second, so too will our exhibition respond to new developments with constant updates.
The exhibition will attempt to shed light on many burning issues, among them:
Does the digital shift constitute a revolution, or merely an evolution?
Does the shift represent a real democratization of photography?
Is citizen photojournalism worthy of its name?
Does the shift threaten the livelihood of professional photographers in fundamental ways?
Does the shift represent a shift towards more authenticity or truthfulness — or less?
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