Photography isn’t dead after all, says Salgado
BANGKOK: Having once forecast doom for photography in the face of the smartphone, Sebastiao Salgado has changed his mind.
One of the most lauded documentary photographers of recent decades, 73-year-old Salgado told Reuters: "I don't think it is endangered. I thought so at some point, but I was wrong and I take that back. I think photography, now more than ever, has a long future ahead."
The Brazilian is still dismissive of the billions of smartphones which now take the overwhelming majority of the world's pictures.…