Its happening with everything,autotunning will turn you into singer,or playing with computer programs and loops will make you a musican even if you dont know how to play the instrument,you can write texts about everything like journalists without going to school for it,everyone is a photographer,world is becoming strange place.

Even genius Orwell couldnt imagine this state,in 1984 the big brother was "other",but now it seems that we are big brother.

Ha ha ha =D

Yes, all the information available makes us all believe we are "renaissance men" (polymaths). And sadly it then makes a real expertise difficult to stand out.

Yes,thats the problem and unfortunatelly this pricks are getting away with it..why?
Maybe because this new generation(millenials)are so fucking stupid that they just dont care.

I must apologize before posting this link but..omg,please look at this,this is now one of the most famous singer on balkans..i never saw this thing till the end,my mind wants to get out of the head so i must stop it before it changes into soup. (66 millions,fucks)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVuipQx5zYY

Thanks for sharing this video, Sami. Now I know why I hate taking selfies, lol!

I couldn't watch through that music video either! =D

But there are also good "sampling". Some artists in music, and similarly also in other form of arts, do make creative and interesting works. And that is the reason why I like such social media services like this Ipernity for photography and SoundCloud for music.

I noticed your comment on Frank's blog post:
www.ipernity.com/blog/frankjcasella/4716228

Yes, world seem to appreciate art less, but on the other hand social media makes for example this correspondence of ours more easy. And art can benefit from that. Frank saying the art should be easy to reach is where I agree. I personally was privileged to be surrounded by art when I grew up, and for that I am grateful.

IMO.. not humble one either ... Selfie is the word of 2019 that needs to get dumped.

Just an opinion from somebody you didn't ask, Sami :)

More or less what was my hidden message here =D

Longwinded video, but some interesting points of discussion, if somewhat obvious re. distortion in selfies, etc.
Selfies- bad vibes, but fun occasionally. The proliferation is crazy.
Seeing life and nature through photography - Very good *****
Instagram- bad (imho)
Facebook is OK for sharing with family/friends
Worrying about "likes", just plain STOOPID

Yes, I am somewhat surprised some people don't find the wide angle close up distortion as obvious.

What comes to vanity of selfies, someone should have told that to Vincent van Gogh =D

And yes, photography is a way to enrich the way we observe life. But I also think people should see photography more as a "language" and as a visual conversation. With photography we can have dialogues, monologues and public speeches.

Yes the visual conversation is a good way of expressing it :-) Love Vincent's work, well some of it, but he did have some other issues :-)