“A new world is emerging from the accelerating phenomenon that we call globalization. While the process of globalization connects people and places that are geographically remote, it also fragments local connections. Everyone is affected by globalization (Schwartz, 2003).” Photo as a strong medium was globalizing the world, individuals receive large visual information from everywhere. We are surrounded by redundant photos, newspapers full of pictures, posters in the streets, advertisements in the shop windows and many kinds of photos on the internet from all over the world (Wagner, 2000). Photography as a part of culture was also affected by cultural sharing under globalization. In this paper I argue that globalization causes some parts of
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The invention of digital camera caused a storm in the world, individuals could take pictures and check them immediately, also could save, edit, adjust and transfer photos in their cameras. Nowadays it creates more functions in a camera. Compare to the past, digital photography is more convenient than traditional photography, it could save time (for example, people do not need to wait for the development of films and they could see the photo immediately), save space (people do not need a large space to keep a lot of photos and big cameras), save costs (people do not need to buy many films and spend money on the development of films). Individuals could choose traditional photography or digital photography or mix the usage of traditional and digital photography for their special purpose. From the large, heavy film camera to the small light digital camera even the phone camera, the development of camera could bring a lot of convenience to people, also it could offer many new ways and possibility for professional photographers and other consumers. Using the comparison of the development of different cameras in different periods and the comparison of digital photography to traditional photography as examples, they show the diverse side of the technology under …show more content…
From the traditional printing matter (newspapers, magazines, books, outdoor advertisings and so on) to the internet and multi-media (digital screens, smartphones, videos, digital photos and so on), the way of seeing and communication tend to diversify. On one hand, compare to the traditional exhibitions and printing photos, photographers could consider more types of display to their works. They could display their portfolios in many new types of media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other kinds of online exhibitions or digital display. On the other hand, a large number of photos are uploading to different social media by different users from all over the world, and “in this way, photography becomes a more alive, immediate, and often transitory practice/form, as the digital camera has become an essential tool in the navigation and documentation of daily life (Allan, 2013, p.166).” There is a tendency to share individuals’ life experience through different mass media to communicate with audiences from all over the world. Moreover mass media also push the increase of audience. Photography was high culture in the past, but it is popular culture now, most of people could show their works as well as see other’s works on the internet rather than going to a private show or the gallery. Nowadays the development of mass media creates many
The invention of digital camera caused a storm in the world, individuals could take pictures and check them immediately, also could save, edit, adjust and transfer photos in their cameras. Nowadays it creates more functions in a camera. Compare to the past, digital photography is more convenient than traditional photography, it could save time (for example, people do not need to wait for the development of films and they could see the photo immediately), save space (people do not need a large space to keep a lot of photos and big cameras), save costs (people do not need to buy many films and spend money on the development of films). Individuals could choose traditional photography or digital photography or mix the usage of traditional and digital photography for their special purpose. From the large, heavy film camera to the small light digital camera even the phone camera, the development of camera could bring a lot of convenience to people, also it could offer many new ways and possibility for professional photographers and other consumers. Using the comparison of the development of different cameras in different periods and the comparison of digital photography to traditional photography as examples, they show the diverse side of the technology under …show more content…
From the traditional printing matter (newspapers, magazines, books, outdoor advertisings and so on) to the internet and multi-media (digital screens, smartphones, videos, digital photos and so on), the way of seeing and communication tend to diversify. On one hand, compare to the traditional exhibitions and printing photos, photographers could consider more types of display to their works. They could display their portfolios in many new types of media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other kinds of online exhibitions or digital display. On the other hand, a large number of photos are uploading to different social media by different users from all over the world, and “in this way, photography becomes a more alive, immediate, and often transitory practice/form, as the digital camera has become an essential tool in the navigation and documentation of daily life (Allan, 2013, p.166).” There is a tendency to share individuals’ life experience through different mass media to communicate with audiences from all over the world. Moreover mass media also push the increase of audience. Photography was high culture in the past, but it is popular culture now, most of people could show their works as well as see other’s works on the internet rather than going to a private show or the gallery. Nowadays the development of mass media creates many