Can art be mechanically reproduced? When something is reproduced for so many times is that art? What's the importance of the mechanical reproducibility of the art? What was the impact on mechanical reproducibility on the society?
Art is a unique creation of one person. It can be reproduced but only for the purpose of familiarizing the public with its beauty and elegance. Many books have photos of reproduced art in order to keep the future generations informed and up to date. If it wasn’t for art reproducing we would not really know who were Picasso and Michelangelo and what did their work look like. The society was impacted and inspired by the famous artists and photographers so everyone tried to reproduce some kind of art on their own.
- Is photography art, or contribution to the art? Is it just a tool used by artists?
Photography is art especially with help of today’s technology. A photographer is able to take a photo and then use his imagination to add something creative or unique. Just like painters Photographers also use different objects or different set ups bringing the viewer up close and personal. Different lens, shutter or focus is like painters different brushes, they bring different angles of the photography. Photographers live for photography and some of them even go as far as looking at everything through the lens of the camera.
- How and why Henry Pitch Robinson created Fading Away? What was the reason?
Henry’s photo of a girl dying tried to show how emotionally involved was her family. Using five negative and then combining them was an art which Henry created. He tried to show death through the eyes of regular people and how it affects them. Photographers were using all of their creativity to make their photos even better and more real.
- Photography has impacted the world of art and influenced some changes in the area of accessibility to art. If mechanical reproduction created revolution, what is happening now with the digitalization?
Digitalization has brought reproduction and photography to a whole new level. Daily innovations and improvements are making it easier for us to reproduce old art or photos. This also allows us to create a memory for the next hundred years and to shoot, develop and post our photos faster and more efficiently. Digitalization also had a big impact on the photo industry in general. Customers rarely visit Photo studios because they are able to retouch their photo without professional help. This makes it very hard for some studios to stay in the business.
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