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>>240457 >i still rage over cubism though
I would say get the fuck out for this, but otherwise your post is on the mark.
Digital has allowed photographers to go in any stylistic direction we want; we're no longer limited to the tonal curves and color palettes of Kodachrome, Tri-X, Velvia, HP4, etc. Some people have done very good things with this, and some people have done very bad things. Some people are working in shitty styles, but the work is still effective; I hate the Baroque style and period but that doesn't mean I don't think there aren't any good Baroque paintings or sculptures. (Incidentally, I don't like this style for the same reason: it tries to overwhelm the eye with unsubtle, superficial form. Bleh.)
The OP example, while I would've processed it totally differently (I prefer much more realism myself), is still I think a good photograph. Not great or even much above decent by any means, but competent and well-composed.
Overall the reception of most people to this stuff is like people who shat on every Impressionist painting just because it was in a new, radical style. Let's just hope this one doesn't birth new ones like Impressionism did, but dies without heirs.
TL;DR the style sucks ass, but don't shit on stuff done in it just because it's not what you personally like.
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