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The “bad” gains respect through imitation; the “good” loses it, especially in art.

—Friedrich Nietzsche

On a recent discussion about the value of originality in photography, a fellow photographer asked about a situation in which an original image is later “trumped” by another photographer, suggesting that the value of the original concept and composition may be diminished if someone else managed a technically superior version of it. The question highlights several issues facing photographic artists when it comes to recognition of their creative efforts, one of which is an apparent division among those who consider “getting the shot” a primarily technical or competitive endeavor, rather than a creative one, and those who ...

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