Alex: Social media and art

When it comes to both photography and social media I feel both bring a different meaning to the word art. Photography can be used as art in many different ways. It gives views to the world through someone else’s eyes and can bring light to a way of viewing something in a new perspective. It can express emotion and convey a message without the use of any words. As cameras became a part of our everyday life photography has been a lot more prominent. That being the case, it made a huge change in the world once social media came around. As a whole, social media isn’t considered art. It’s a way of easily posting something that can be seen by anyone no matter the content. On the other hand social media can be used as a platform for art. Whether it be creating, promoting or selling it works on many levels. Art is everywhere and in this generation on a large scale photography and social media is where it meets. Not all things on there can be considered art. It is more of a self expression from something they see/do or a place they are at. In many cases this is where a selfie comes in to play. A selfie is this generations way of saying I was there. It’s a way of putting a postmark on somewhere you’ve been by placing yourself in the picture with the “art”. Social media can be great for many things but at the same time it could be used for nonsense and just be a huge ego trip for people but not in every case. Like everything else it has its positives and negatives but I feel social media can be a great way to be exposed to art from around the world right at your finger tips.