Steve Jobs dies and folks get all teary-eyed. What the fuck?

He was a C.E.O. His job, like all captains of commerce, was to
prise money from us and put it into his shareholders pockets.
Sure, he made sure the products worked fairly well and looked
real good. But come on, why the sentimentality? What, exactly,
is your connection to him?

We just had an provincial election here in Ontario. I didn’t follow
the campaign too closely but could, from my reading about and
watching the campaign coverage, figure out that, like all politicians
in all campaigns, our “leaders” skirted issues, kissed ass and just
generally gave the public what they want: reassurance.

I understand that you can’t get elected by speaking plain truths,
or at least the plain truth as you see it. But what does it say about
us that we demand to be seduced and lied to?

I see, too, photographers who shoot generic shit and call the resulting
prints “Art” or even “Fine Art”. And, yes, that’s art with a capital “A”. Of
course, some fall for, get seduced by that, too.

But let me tell you, every fotografer I respect who shoots personal work
does not call their fotos art. They just do what they do and let folks decide.

You decide.