Why the Kodak Moment Will Never Die

            This article was about the decline of old film and pictures that really capture those "Kodak Moments". With the rise of photoshop and digital photography, its takes less and less to appear to be a "good" photographer and create beautiful art.  This article brings up that it's not a flawless picture's aesthetics thats makes its special, but the memories that you associate it with that exact moment that the picture was taken. I think the article brings up a few great points. For one, "Neither the simplicity of digital nor the cleverness of Photoshop can make a person a good photographer – though they can make it easier for someone to appear to be one." (Williams 1). Appearing to be a good photographer is very different that actually being one.
            The author uses a lot of examples in her writing. She compares and contrasts digital and film camera photography and explaining how digital has evolved to make some pictures look like old toy analogs with a grainy and retro image. She also criticizes expensive camera equipment and photoshop. She says, "...all the expensive gear in the world won’t make a great picture. It can just make a really, clear one." (Williams 1). Her main point and thesis comes at the end of the article. She writes, " They’re a new mutation of our abiding affection for things that are dinged up and cracked and scratched around the edges. Things that are a little imperfect and fuzzy. Like our memories themselves. Like our Kodak moments." (Williams 1). Overall I thought the article was interesting and well written. 


http://www.salon.com/2012/01/06/why_the_kodak_moment_will_never_die/