For most of existence the world did not have photographs. Photographs are so recent that we can all imagine almost exactly what the world would be like without them. But if photographs suddenly stopped existing today - the technology suddenly stopped working, then I think our painters would suddenly stop drawing the popular abstract paintings of today and return to portraits - as scientist frantically tried to figure out what happened. I think the artist who could duplicate what they see as truthfully as possible would become rich with making portraits and landscapes again. I feel that typography would also become the main construct of graphic design, because paintings would be expensive. People would treat their old photographs as carefully as possible. People might start writing more as a way of remembering family vacations and events.
It would be a whole different world without photographs simply because we have become so accustomed to them. Simply in my peripheral vision, I can see 27 pictures.
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