Chapter 7: Photography and the Age of Electronic Imaging

So a couple of brief questions...

It is argued by some that the digital age is frightening because we are no longer able to distinguish between what is "real" and what is "created" because of the ease of manipulability. Others, however, counter this to say that photographic images have always been manipulated, and in fact even the simple choice of what to shoot and how one develops a photo is all manipulation. Because of this, should we draw a line in photography between the analog and the digital, because of some of the key differences such as binary coding replacing the film,  or can an imaginary line limit the progress of photography?

Also, very simply, has the prevailing use of the digital cameras in surveillance and by the military enhanced our sense of security as a society, or does it on the contrary put us on edge, knowing that anything we do may and can be recorded without another human physically present? 1984 much?

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