The Epistelesslogical Rupture is pleased to have already accomplished some Thing this week. Require the Epistlesslogical Rupture to take photographs of whatever it wishes and publish them on the web, as a job requirement? The Epistlesslogical Rupture loves this sort of assignment, having had a long-term relationship with photography.
Indeed, the Epistelesslogical Rupture is said to have gotten a "kickr" out of its exploration of Flickr. This "kickr" was not just the ease with which the Epistelesslogical Rupture was able to accomplish the tasks asked of it, but a humility-inducing awareness of how many far-superior photographers there are in the world, just by comparing my tags on Flickr with other users who have posted images with similar tags. Wow! There's some amazing work out there.
In 1995, when the Epistelesslogical Rupture took a photojournalism class at Syracuse University, the film and chemicals for one semester's work cost over $500 ... that's not including the $2,000 in camera equipment or the $1,000 in tuition -- or the environmental and public health costs associated with manufacturing, using, and disposing of those photographic chemicals. Since then, high-quality photography has become accessible to a far larger slice of the pie of the people through digital photography; and it is infinitely easier to share one's photos via the web. And many cell phones (even phones that may not facilitate great phone calls) can empower the owner to take great photographs.
It would be shortsighted for the Epistelesslogical Rupture to claim that anyone can be a photographer in the digital age, because there are billions upon billions of people for whom a cell phone that can take pictures would not be as high a priority as, for example, food, shelter, medicine, car insurance, self-esteem, or a pair of shoes. And some people just don't take particularly good photos...
( ... which is what you may be thinking as you review the photos the Epistelesslogical Rupture posted on its blog earlier today.... )
As to the question about ways of using Flickr in a public library, the Epistlesslogical Rupture would wonder whether a given library's "no cameras" policy might be adjusted to permit certain volunteers and/or patrons to use cameras in and around the library to contribute images. If one of the "gifts" of blogs and digital photography and Flickr and Web 2.0 is that "anyone can do it" (i.e., power to the people) then should everyone be invited -- and allowed -- to make a contribution? Just a thought ...
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