“Today, we might be able to update the nomenclature from “documentary style” to “vernacular Facebook style”. In the end it doesn’t matter what style you adopt or decide to work in; the point is to do something intelligent and inspired within that style and with tools of your choosing. Otherwise it’ll just be uninteresting.”
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What is a document and what is a style? « DARIUS HIMES
This post goes a long way to explaining how Doug Rickard’s A New American Picture is considered art but Google Street View on its own isn’t.