Photographic Digitization

Paper Summary:

The topic of this study is the digitization of photography and its impact on arts institution administration. The writer discusses that there are several avenues to be explored when assessing the impact of digitization, from the purely technical to the purely artistic. Within the exploration of these areas of interest, the writer maintains that an assessment may be constructed regarding what changes, for good or ill, might be caused by an increasingly expanding digital photography universe and not least because of the sudden and almost total accessibility of virtually everyone to digital photography equipment. The writer claims that this will undoubtedly change the photography world; whether it will cause a greater or lesser interest in the work of photographic artists has yet to be seen. The writer concludes that in either case, however, the process is likely to cause significant change in art administration.

Table of Contents:
Statement of the Topic
Objectives of Research
Design and Methodology
Sampling
Timeline
Justification

From the Paper:

"Because photographic digitization depends on developments in information technology, an assessment of Moore's Law on the changes in photography and resulting changes in arts administration is required. Moore's Law, developed by Gordon Moore a generation ago, when computing was in its relative infancy, proposes that "the performance for a given price of microprocessors doubles every 18 months...." At the time, Herman said that process continued unabated; it is conceivable that the doubling of capacity is even quicker by now.
In any case, because of this, planning for 'cutting edge' shows would become more and more demanding; in fact, it will become more and more incumbent upon arts administrators to keep breast of changes in digital photography, and perhaps even to anticipate them. This changes the administration role from a relatively passive to quite an active role."

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