The photograph that discovers and uncovers the world is harder to simulate than an image that simply illustrates one's ideas about it.
Fred RitchinWe have to tell people how images are made. And, the first step is to abandon the idea we're looking at photographs. We're looking at entry points to information and to the world in which the image was made.
Fred RitchinThe slideshow "is a very primitive form that quickly becomes predictable and repetitive."
Fred RitchinThere is enormous need for professionals who know how to tell stories with narrative punch and nuance, who can work proactively and not just reactively, and whose approach is multi-faceted. We need more "useful photographers."
Fred RitchinThe inherent non-linearity of the digital allows for more input from others, including the subject and reader as collaborators. The top-down, bedtime-style story is of limited use. A non-linear narrative that allows for increased complexity and depth, and encourages both subject and reader to have greater involvement, will eventually emerge more fully from the digital environment. This, in a sense, is the more profound democratization of media.
Fred Ritchin