April 27, 2009
News item: TIME paid $30 for this cover photo via iStockphoto. (New frugality, indeed.)
The photographer: Robert Lam, who says: “Photography is an enormous passion for me.”
Jeff Howe, author of Crowdsourcing, says: “Passion is the currency of the 21st century.”
Moral: As passionate photographers continue to master their new digital tools, the gap between professional and amateur photographers will undoubtedly keep shrinking.
Question: Is it time for our Society to dispense with the Our Shot / Your Shot distinction? After all, isn’t one of our goals to showcase great photographs—no matter who takes them?
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≡ TIME cover via TIME.com
≡ Your Shot cover via nationalgeographic.com
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