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Searching for “street photography” in flickr groups returns 6,497 groups. It appears people around the world are drawn to capturing the urban lifestyle.
In a similar fashion, Blurb, an online book publisher, recently hosted a photography book contest. Anyone can use Blurb’s site to put together books using their own photos. Sure, anyone can take photos. But has the advancement — and nearly norm — of digital photography allowed anyone to become a photographer? Maybe it’s that the medium simply allows for us to share our captured moments more easily. And what defines a true photographer anyway? It’s all in the eye of the beholder.
Sarah Jo Sautter