In fact, a lot of us are very burned out of it. Most of all, I think that we all need to remember that not everything has to be all about social media. But I also strongly believe that looking at how photographers artistically express themselves is equally important.
With all this said, I believe that documenting events is still very notable, and having us sit there and look at still images of the news or noteworthy events in museums is important. That’s a fact, as truly there’s a ton of pretty awful photography out there. Of course, this means that photographers themselves just need to be creating better work. Further, photography is still in a lot of other places: Photographers are becoming savvier about how they create and make moments that are unique to them. It’s moving into doing things that video and AI can’t necessarily do. Have you ever stood in a room surrounded by Polaroids? You’d totally need to take them in one at a time. We can’t even take a ton of photos at a time. However, we cannot absorb that much information at a time. The human mind will either completely ignore them or try to pay attention to everything. Look around you and tell me how many screens you see daily with videos playing all the time. It’s going somewhere else, and it should start to make itself very comfortable.
But marketing reps and photographers all forget that life isn’t all about social media. When you go to Instagram or TikTok, they put no value on photos. This is why so many have said that photography is dying a slow death. Every time I talk to a rep at a camera company, I think that they have their heads in a space that’s consumed by their smartphone and the web.
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