Are we Over-Saturated?

[ving]

That is sometimes the problem: the earned reputation of the expert / authority / person who has given their heart & soul is reduced to be equal to the average woman / man.

Take a look at any variety of topics:

A) photography
B) climate change
C) child welfare
D) education
E) population

Endless list...

As a society, we have stopped listening to those who are experts or have demonstrated experience.

Instead, we immerse ourselves in a sea of half-baked emotional responses.

Emotional responses are fine - so long as they are supported by reason.

Just follow any twitter stream on an issue of national importance. It very quickly becomes a name-calling session based on 0 facts and 100% emotion.

Or, if you really want to torture yourself - watch Question Time from Canberra one day.

Scotty

true that.
I am sure that some sort of middle ground could be reached tho (with regard to art that is) which would be ideal.

[mikec]

Good topic. The media and general life is very over saturated with photographs today, I heard a figure about roughly how many images we see in a day, I can't remember that figure but it was quite large.

As far as feed back goes, it depends on the environment in which you are recieving it. I do think AP is little more technically biased towards it's C & C, where as at uni, whilst there is some technical C & C it is more about the communicative strength of the images. But ultimately it depends on the photography, the person giving the C & C, and even as Rick said about how the photographer has gone about presenting the image.

I don't think photographs has lost their value though, many people still cherish photos of friends, family and other important occassions.

[etherial]

This article made me laugh, kind of relates to our discussion here.

http://www.petapixel.com/2011/07/13/...nline-critics/