All of these are questions that plague the creative society in recent times. The emergence of social media brought the world together and that has had its benefits even in the photography world, clients and photographers can get in contact whilst living miles apart, Instagram portfolios lay bare bodies of work so a client knows exactly what a photographer can offer but with this comes the downsides; exclusivity of work shared online has become harder as people share your work most times without consent. We could say watermark your images but with advancement in technology also comes then advancement of software so watermarks can be removed. Hard thought out ideas are copied and whilst no idea is entirely new and all art is built on preexisting art forms, most people just take an idea and copy it down to the latter.
All of these are problems that we can’t solve today and whilst this pushes us photographers to work even harder at creating imagery that we can call our own, it’s also a call to look into how we can make technology of today (outside improved cameras and photo equipment) work for the advancement of our creativity.
There’s no limit to creativity. The mind can abound and freely conceive ideas but there’s a limit to ‘unoriginality’ that can limit the growth of a person. We might not all be born as creatives but it’s an art that can be learnt through continuous practice. So much abound to those who seek it.
