This is an interesting point but it's a little like saying we don't need to care about painters because we have had color photography for about a century. And

This is an interesting point but it's a little like saying we don't need to care about painters because we have had color photography for about a century. And there is in fact a point to be made that non-figurative painting was a response to the increasing realism of photography. But still, Rembrandt can still be enjoyed today, Salgado notwithstanding.