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> The camera didn't kill painting But it did. Painter used to be a trade where you could sell your painting skills as, well, a skill applicable for other than
by jcelerier 1y ago
> The camera didn't kill painting
But it did. Painter used to be a trade where you could sell your painting skills as, well, a skill applicable for other than purely aesthetic reasons, simply because there were no other ways to document the world around you. It just isn't anymore because of cameras. Professional oil portrait painter isn't a career in 2025.
- awanderingmind 1y agoWell, it is still a career, but it's very niche, and more attuned to 'art' than 'documenting the world'.
- sgt101 1y agoand instead we have photographers who can document the world at a great volume. My Grandparents had no visual record of their wedding. My wife is a wedding photographer...
- prennert 1y agoThe Royal Society of Portrait Painters might disagree: https://therp.co.uk/artists/ https://therp.co.uk/artists/
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- Suppafly 1y ago>Painter used to be a trade where you could sell your painting skills as, well, a skill applicable for other than purely aesthetic reasons, simply because there were no other ways to document the world around you. Source? If anything I suspect there are more people making a living as painters now than at any point in history.
- ninalanyon 1y agoAs a proportion of the population?