I think, therefore, I am a photographer
Interesting article by Michael McNamara, executive technology editor for Popular Photography magazine. McNamara basically says anyone can take a picture, but that doesn’t necessarily make them a photographer. This concept is particularly important in this time when citizen "journalism" is starting to catch on. Some sort of distinction needs to be made between fully-trained journalists and citizen journalists. Maybe someone will invent a catchy new word for citizen journalists and citizen photographers that would help clarify things a bit. Citijourns? Journazens? Photojournazens?
UPDATE: And it’s articles and headlines like this that irk me a bit. No, having a camera phone does not in fact make you a photojournalist.
