Tech Post #4

Why a War Photographer Shot an Award-Winning Photo With a $2 iPhone App

I found this article on Gizmodo, and it's about "NYT photographer Damon Winter's award-winning photograph, shot with iPhone app Hipstamatic." Once a photo is taken with this application it is processed with "a color balance shift, the burning of predetermined areas of the frame and increased contrast." People are uneasy about photos being taken with programs like this because they feel as if it is inauthentic. Their criticism was "that using a special effects app transformed the picture from a legitimate work of photojournalism to mere photography." While some people criticize this form of photography, others ask the question "how is using Hipstamatic different from using a lens with an extremely shallow depth-of-field and applying heavy vignetting or using an actual Holga camera or special film stock to produce a desired effect, often for aesthetics at the expense of pure documentation?" So the question is what do you think?

I chose this article because I love photography, and I couldn't believe this photo was taken with an Iphone. I think this will impact our culture because it will change the way photography is viewed and how it is "authentically" shot.

Here is the link to the full article: http://gizmodo.com/#!5758350/why-a-war-photographer-shot-an-award+winning-photo-with-a-2-iphone-app