... the reason we think that computer graphics technology has succeeded in faking reality is that we, over the course of the last hundred and fifty years, have come to accept the image of photography and film as reality.
Lev ManovichThe digital image annihilates photography while solidifying, glorifying and immortalizing the photographic.
Lev ManovichAny unique image that you desire probably already exists on the internet or in some database... the problem today is no longer how to create the right image, but how to find an already existing one.
Lev ManovichOnce we came to accept the photographic image as reality, the way to its future simulation was open.
Lev Manovich