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Originally Posted by Fangtasia
You really are stupid lol ...
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I'll leave that beside your frogshit.
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... I didnt take many pictures prior to digital age, what i did take i didnt manipulate at all (no darkroom) nor have i to this day ...
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I'm not surprised that you did not have then, nor have now, a darkroom. It cost (and still costs) big $$$ for a darkroom with the tools needed to manipulate analog photographs.
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... You just dont get it, i dont really manipulate my photos, as stated if i feel it needs that much work i just reshoot ...
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That too is a result of transitioning from analog photography to digital photography. When a roll of 24 or 36 Kodachrome cost real money, one thought before shooting. But that's not something I miss.
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... If i do manipulate a photo to me it is no longer a photo (as in the original) but art, and art is how the artist sees it ...
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That doesn't change the fact that before the digital age of photography, photograph manipulation was the domain of the professional who had invested the $$$ in the necessary tools. Now any Tom, Dick, or Harry can, and often do.
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... I appreciate the photo/art for what it is and the photographer/artist for what they achieved, wether it be stuff from the dark ages or stuff done now or stuff to come in the future ...
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While interesting, and no doubt true, that has nothing to do with the fact that before digital photography, people rarely, if ever (you being a perfect example) manipulated their photographs. "Why" do I hear you ask? Well, I'm glad you did, because that gives me the opportunity to let you know that it was very difficult.
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... I dont own photoshop, nor have any interest in doing so ...
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Congratulations, I guess.
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... The authenticity of photos has in the past and always will be suspect that has never changed, it has nothing to do with technology ...
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Nonsense. Photographic evidence was routinely admitted in court, and the reason it was was because faking a photo well enough to fool the court was beyond the means of almost everyone.