Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

[Arthur Entlich <artistic@ampsc.com>]

Tony Sleep wrote:


> And if you really want to get depressed, the next phase is e-publishing 
>instead 
> of print. I think that's totally inescapable as the web becomes ubiquitous 
>and 
> wireless PDA technology evolves. At that point the newsagents, printers and 
> distributors join us in the dole queue. Which is why I'm working so hard at a 
> small pre-emptive counterstrike, about which more later... :)
> 

I was just thinking about what has happened to music distribution over 
the years.  There were 78 rpm records, where a couple of short 
selections required art for the front.  Then came 45 rpm singles which 
often came in slip sleeves without art, and LPs which required artwork, 
some of which is legendary. Then CDs show up, and the artwork became 
tiny, and therefore less significant.  And finally, downloadable music 
and MP3... no artwork required.  What's going to happen to all those 
designers and artists/photographers when no cover art is needed?

Greeting Cards were big business (and still are) but now comes e-cards, 
many of which are free for the sending.  Further, companies like MS have 
bought up rights to thousands of card fronts and sell them as clip art 
for next to nothing.  A lot of people also now have the tools to produce 
their own/with or without the help of clip art.

Images in general are becoming more and more just so much "stuff" and 
old stuff is being recycled.

With the advent of cheap "printable computer screens", art collections 
from the famous museums will be available for download or on disk and be 
projected on these.  There's a reason Gates/Corbis have bought up 
digital rights to so many collections of images and art.

And the sad truth is, there is so much art out there now, if no new 
images were ever created, most of us would still never run out of images 
we've never seen.

One of many,

Art
Art