These readings focused on the fact that over the past few decades, photography has transformed from something available to a very small amount of the population to the vast majority of people when all you need to take a picture is a piece of crap cell phone you bought at the flea market. Photography used to be reserved for chemists who could figure out the right amount of chemicals to put onto the glass plate in order to create the right flash for their camera to work. Nowadays, anyone with half a brain cell can snap a quick picture of something they think is cool or interesting at the time.
Also, new technology such as inexpensive disposable cameras that you can buy at your local drug store opened up the world of photography to anyone that wanted an easy, convenient way to record their memories. Then, with the growing popularity of the internet and digital photography, photography websites starting popping up left and right where you could upload any picture you wanted anytime, edit it and share it to other websites you use. Overall, the advancement in photography over the past few decades has been astounding. We've gone from the original Kodak box cameras that took weeks to deliver, have developed and shipped back, to digital cameras that are the size of a credit card and half an inch thick that can hold thousands upon thousands of photos and upload them to your computer in a matter of minutes. It's really amazing, but the fact that everyone has access to photography can lead to some stupid, and I mean STUPID, people thinking they're artists because they can use a sepia filter or because they can take an angled photo of a tree. But, as it is with any form of technology, there will always be some people who abuse it.
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