This is akin to complaining that Impressionist paintings don't look "real" and therefore are not as good. I suppose we should be deploring the fact that we'll n

This is akin to complaining that Impressionist paintings don't look "real" and therefore are not as good. I suppose we should be deploring the fact that we'll never, ever know what that starry sky in Arles really looked like because Van Gogh mucked it all up with his swirling colors. What the author fails to understand is that most people, like artists, use photography (and many other recording media for that matter) to create or communicate a certain mood or feeling, not to document reality with the highest fidelity possible.