Early 2012 MRI of neck blood vessels
Toronto. Today photography is everywhere. So much so that we take it for granted. The Moon, Mars, wars, famine, poverty, art, portraits, books, magazines, television, smartphones, medical, and on it goes.
Without photography we would have no visual record of people, events, and places. In the metal plate, glass plate, and film era, one had to be there and wait for processing to view an image.
As digital technology evolved, be it fax, television, cameras, medical imaging, or smartphones, we were severed from the creation of the image and could see images remotely. Photography is so pervasive today that it is taken for granted by most people. Only when we see truly remarkable photographs do we realize a professional photographer used his skill to capture the moment.
Note: To title this post, I did a riff on the 1959 world-wide song, “I’ve been everywhere” which originated in Australia and has lyrics adapted by singers in many countries including the states and Canada. Here is a rendition by Stomping’ Tom down at the Horseshoe Tavern on Queen Street West here.
