RE: The "Brief" History of Film and Photography..(OT)

<<Interesting, in that while we seem bent on erasing regional
differences on one hand, they're encouraged in other respects. But,
the mobility factor is winning and it is what I think is most
responsible for the blurring of regional differences.>>

... and not only in language.  The same phenomena is/has occured in many
cultural spheres.
The one I'm most familiar with is in traditional musics, particularly the
music of Ireland.
(Alex you and others may have some thoughts on this)  It used to be even 20
years ago a
much more distinct county and sometimes even sub-county or region in Ireland
had a particular
flavor and accent, often certain tunes might be associated with it.
Musicians were used
to learning locally from local musicians and this tended to stamp regional
"styles". This started
breaking down way back in the 20s and 30s with the recording industry., but
now modern communications,
economies and travel have made pretty much everything available to everyone
and so all the distinctions
tend, in most cases, to blur.  Although much is gained in the process,
arguably much is lost, and once lost
hard to get it back. Such is the nature and byproduct of rampant
globalization and for that matter change in general.  The growth in quanity
seems to come at the expense of quality. I don't mean better or worse, I
mean in the richness of diversity and distinction.

I know in Ireland and abroad where the music is played, some of the
distinctions are still there by people who play that music, but I wonder if
they will be there {the styles} in even one more generation. I'm not sure
yet, how mass culture effects photography except that the technology for
making pictures, particularly digital ones is now available on a mass scale
never before seen.

Just thoughts.
Cheers
Barry Fisher



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