photography

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 13, 2021 by Benedict Evans · across every show →

Everything said about photography, oldest first

Jul 13, 2021
Insight
Evans: Photography transformed painting by ending the need for reproduction
“There's all sorts of art theory, and you know, Walter Benjamin and everybody else, and like how photography changes the rest of art, because now the aim is no longer to produce a perfect reproduction. And so you could argue we couldn't really have cubism or ab…”
Benedict Evans Jul 13, 2021 ▶ 15:09 Creativity and Optimism
Oct 19, 2022 positive
Opinion
Evans: Generative AI will not destroy art, just as photography did not
“Like people saying that like generative networks will destroy art, like It's kind of like the same photographs will destroy art. Like, go look up the Nadar picture of Delacroix. It's like, no, this is art.”
Benedict Evans Oct 19, 2022 ▶ 14:30 Wondering about generative AI
Apr 24, 2023 neutral
Insight
Evans: Midjourney does not threaten art because tools cannot replace artistic sensibility
“Anybody can buy a camera, but that doesn't make you a photographer. You know, anybody can fire up mid journey. That doesn't mean you're going to, you know, doesn't mean you're going to produce something great in the way that somebody who has the right sensibil…”
Benedict Evans Apr 24, 2023 ▶ 13:20 Buzzfeed News, Reddit and OpenAI
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