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Originally Posted by VideoJ
The technology to manipulate photos has existed almost as long as the camera has. The Soviet Union used darkroom editing to remove people they didn't want to acknowledge, for example Leon Trotsky. Ansel Adams spent hours printing his photos, modifying the original negatives to get the results he wanted. Playboy used airbrushing to "improve" their centers for years before photoshop became a standard.
The difference is now people know it can happen, whereas before it was hidden in the studios and publishing houses.
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This is ONE aspect of it and I have to agree with it.
I agree with 2HP about photography being less important but I wouldn't say it's dead. Nowadays ANYONE can take a picture, good or bad, and can show everyone. Before, being a photographer was a profession only few would have. Today, everyone's a damn photographer. Just look at all the kids posting on this board asking if they can make a living shooting content...
My point is that, when the amount of input increases, as it has in terms of photos, the importance of each individual one starts to decrease. Kind of like the income of every individual webmaster, since so many are starting out these days.
There will ALWAYS be masterpieces, but nevertheless the "noise" the rest of the occurances make will make sure these aren't as many as they used to be.