Unit 3: Contemporary photography

Thanks to technology and the demanding use of cellphones integrated with almost professional camera resolutions, contemporary photography is almost everybody’s thing.  If analyzed how accessible the use of photographic cameras became in a ten-year period, the technological progress can be compared with the integration of tablets in the world. Although classic and professional photography still important for society, the daily-life informal photography is what matters the most for everybody. Today photography is a way of communication and social status. With the use of social media applications and a smartphone, people is able to take pictures at the caliber of a professional photographer. The capture of food, fashion objects, landscapes and work out pictures are the most famous captions of interest all over the world. What makes these pictures interesting is the way in which people alter and modify their capture. A very new and current photographic tendency called “selfies” is, I think, one of the most influential artistic tendencies ever. It consist in taking a picture of yourself from certain angles that makes you look “you”. Today pictures can also be digitalized and edited immediately after being taken. People is able to adjust the light, contrast, shadow and even erase the so hated in the past “red eyes.” In my opinion, I can say that thanks to the digitalization of all forms of art, not only artists but all people can reach a way to express or in this case, capture whatever they want and can.