1/27/2005
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Now Amateurs Can Play
•“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” A. J. Liebling •Moore’s Law and Web and good graphics software puts power of media image-making in hands of everyone (for better or worse..)
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“Time of Repose” $13,000
“Here's a large pile of my older, very mediocre, artwork. It's really kind of embarrassing now, but I imagine some people might find it interesting. “
formerly visual communication was the domain of experts: graphics designers, illustrators, etc.
Photography let people without any particular education and skill make visual images, but hard to “publish”.
Now children can do sophisticated visual things and adults can, and more and more have to do them.

Previously no one would have seen mr walter’s work (and we might have been better off) but now anyone can make their work known…
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