This morning’s trip to Flickr netted me an interesting find: a graffiti version of a photo that appeared in the September 1930 edition of Modern Mechanics. That photo depicted a woman sitting down while playing a contrabass saxophone.
This photo of the graffiti-depiction of the original, was taken in Berlin, in July 2012. The photographer titled the shot aptly as:
That’s a big sax
Photography by: eric is what you need Source: Flickr
Since the graffiti artist mostly likely didn’t see an original copy of the 1930 edition of Modern Mechanics, he/she probably used an e-form of the image from the ‘Net as the master for his/her painting.
It’s interesting how fake, or e-copies, of originals, are used to create real, or original images. These are then shared again as e-copies over the ‘Net. I’m sure academics could pontificate ad nauseam about this topic, but I’m not going to try and over think it here. Let’s just leave it with the following summary:
Original hard-copy image › Electronically reproduced › Electronically transmitted through the Internet › Downloaded and possibly converted back to hard-copy via printer › Used as master for original painting › Photographed digitally & ready for printing › Electronically transmitted through the Internet › Downloaded and stored electronically
Try and say that 3 times fast! 😉
