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RE point 1) That phones have put personal private cameras in more hands than even Polaroid certainly contributes. But I think a 30, 50 or 100% increase in cam
by roc 17y ago
RE point 1)
That phones have put personal private cameras in more hands than even Polaroid certainly contributes. But I think a 30, 50 or 100% increase in cameras is nothing compared to the exponential increase in perfect digital copies and transfers of any given image.
The evidence can no longer be counted on to get lost, get damaged, decay, etc - and it duplicates and multiplies as a default behavior at every step of an exchange.
1 naughty polaroid = 1 naughty image
1 naughty cell-phone pic = 1 pic on camera, 1 pic on home PC, 1 pic in thumbnail cache, 1 pic on flickr, 1 pic in uploader's browser cache, 1 pic in recipient's browser cache, 1 pic on recipient's machine, 1 pic in recipient's thumbnail cache, etc.
Even if an image is never intentionally distributed, it's effectively distributed.
- _delirium 17y agoI think it also feels more informal/no-big-deal than with Polaroid: a cell-phone snapshot feels casual, while taking a naked picture with a Polaroid camera feels more like producing amateur porn.