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Opinion | Is social media ruining photography?
the visura media blog
Jan 1, 2019
FOUR YOUNG panelists considered the impact of social media on the craft and business of photography at a keynote discussion at PhotoPlus 2018 last month. Two were asked to defend the proposition while the other two were expected to cross-examine it.

As it turned out, all the panelists had pros and cons from their experience and weren’t shy about seeing the challenges of the new media experience from both sides.

[...]

There wasn’t any question about where Letorney fell on the axis of pros and cons, and she offered articulate and impassioned concerns about the potential dangers of social media and its attendant attractions (and distractions) for photographers.

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