Video Killed The Radio Star - Mk2

[Canary42]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/must_see/45011397/renowned-film-director-wim-wenders-hits-out-at-phone-photography

What's your word ? (see end of video clip if you don't know what I'm referring to)

[-Talbot-]

Without seeing the end of the clip how would anyone know what you were referring to?

I don't have a name for it, although if pushed maybe 'phone snaps'

[Mamyalynne]

Blinx.

[Canary42]

Talbot: I assumed people would watch the clip, but the parenthetical item was to assist those who chose to terminate the clip before it finished.

But to help those in similar frame of mind to Talbot, here is a synopsis of the video :- " ...in this guy's opinion, taking pics with smartphones is not photography, so can you find a word for it"

[Zacs-Master]

He’s an idiot.

[-Talbot-]

I watched the vid, hence the answer.

You must know many ABers can not be R.sed to watch video clips.

[kvalidir]

I do and don't agree with him all at the same time. There is less skill in digital photography than in conventional photography, and cameras get simpler and simpler, but we still print out prints. I have walls full of photographs that I've taken, my partner has taken, my mother has taken, so I don't think that's exactly true. filters only make a standard photograph more artistic, so again I'm not sure that what he says is exactly valid, it's slightly like people saying 'that's not art' about modern art because it doesn't look like a constable.
Because of the prevalence of photographing thing now I'd probably call it 'photolifeing' if I had to choose a term, but I think photography works just fine as is, it's just another branch of the art.

[-Talbot-]

After agree with Zacs (unless he means me)

I can take far better pics with my camera than my phone.

[Zacs-Master]

Ha no Talbot. Here are a couple of examples of photos I’ve taken with my phone:
https://ibb.co/bW4j8z
https://ibb.co/cGWaFe

[sanmac]

Anybody can take a snap-shot which to them, at the time, might seem to be rather interesting, but will receive a "So what?" response from anyone else seeing it. It's an adage that it's not the camera that creates a meaningful image but the creativity of the person behind the camera. Give Ansel Adams a Kodak Brownie and he probably would have made many magnificent scenic images. As to the comments in the video: I think he's being sort of tongue-in-cheek.