I have a friend who is a bit of a photography elitest. His elite status is grounded - he's got chops. In the last ten years with the development of digital SLRs he feels that the profession is being water down by people who think they are photographers. Yes, I agree. But where he feels this may lead to the end of the profession, I don't.
I teach history of photography and I have heard this argument before. Around 1890 George Eastman's company Kodak developed the Brownie camera and revolutionized photography. Before this time there were no snapshots or candids. The Brownie was the first camera that allowed for laymen to take photographs. In the last 100 plus photography has only exploded in popularity and frequency - not decreased.
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