Oh boy.
Advertising/marketing hasn't changed since its inception and its as old as man itself. Imagery has been a foundation of this the entire time.
And how has it ruined the art of photography? If anything the commercialization of art in general has a bigger impact on creativity. Marketing and advertising is just a small part of that.
You take a picture and just because someone buys that image and then uses the message within that image to promote a product or service doesn't ruin photography as an art form.
Yes it does! I don't want my images used for commercial or political reasons. That dilutes the merit of the art to simply supporting a corporate or political campaign. I didn't produce the art for that.
I didn't pursue an art degree to help promote someone else's product. Art should stand on its own merit. That's important for the culture of a society to flourish.
Actually, I would argue that it has enhanced photography as an art form because it gives people more opportunities to produce their art. If an artist abandons creativity for commercialization of his work than that is on them but reality is, many use the money to provide themselves with security so that they can take risks with their other work.
So it's all about the income? What if the government funded more art? Like I heard the government funds anime in Japan for cultural reasons?
Truly experimental/creative photography is rarely consumed commercially and we live in an age of unprecedented creative expression through photography thanks to smartphones.
OP seems to just be cynical about marketing and advertising and in wanting to hear his complaints heard, he/she is linking it to a relatable topic for discussion on this site.
I'm just calling it how I see it.
The difference between my brother and I. Today. Both being Majored in Graphic Design.
He works for a company that sells Flowers. He takes Photos. Pre-arranged. In a makeshift Studio. Of Flowers. Dead ones of course, as in a Bouquet. But the Photos of Flowers do look pretty. Even if killed. I mean "cut". "Picked".
Today I do likewise. Only my Photos are in Nature. In the Wild. Of Flowers. In their Natural Habitat. Alive. Still growing. Blooming. Blossoming.
The difference? Oh, he gets paid for doing that. I don't get paid a dime. Mine are from the Heart. Be cause I appreciate the Beauty. Of Nature. Without a "need" to kill it. And sell it. For money. In the form of Advertising and product itself.
Oh and the other difference between the Photography techniques too of course. The difference between pre-arranged and spontaneity.
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Try citing the definitive record of the English language, not some specious sources!
advertise, v.
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Pronunciation: Brit.
/ˈadvətʌɪz/, U.S.
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(Show More)Frequency (in current use): Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French avertiss-, avertir.Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French avertiss-, advertiss-, lengthened stem of avertir, advertir
advert v. From an early date the ending was frequently either apprehended as or assimilated to
-ize suffix. The formation of the verb was probably largely due to the contemporaneous existence of
advertisement n., since other French verbs which reflect Latin prefixed verbs in -vertere , e.g. convertir , divertir , pervertir , were borrowed into English in their simple stem form, giving
convert v.,
divert v.,
pervert v., etc. The verb shows semantic overlap with
advert v., but differs from it in that its senses are chiefly causative, which reflects a prominent strand of the semantic development of French avertir . Sense
4, which is unparalleled in French, is probably largely after the corresponding uses of
advertisement n. and
advertising n.In sense
2b after Middle French avertir (1155 in Old French in this sense), used reflexively. With the
γ. forms compare
-ish suffix2. The position of stress varied in early use. Pronunciations with stress either on the second or the third syllable are found in 16th- and 17th-cent. sources; in the 18th cent., pronouncing dictionaries generally indicate stress on the third syllable. This pronunciation with stress on the final syllable predominates in British pronouncing dictionaries until the mid to late 19th cent., although Smart (1857 and later editions) already records the now universal first-syllable stress, which N.E.D. (1884) still considered a ‘tendency (in commercial usage, at least)’. In U.S. usage, both Worcester (1860) and Webster (1864) similarly record the first-syllable stress, albeit as an alternative to final-syllable stress. The shift to first-syllable stress is apparently by analogy with other verbs in
-ize suffix.
(Show Less) 1. transitive. a. To call the attention of (a person) to something; to notify, warn, or inform, esp. in a formal or earnest manner. Now rare (poet. in later use).1426 in H. Nicolas (1834) III. 219 (MED) Þat if any of þe said lordes..here anything þat may charge any of my said lordes of Bedford or of Gloucester, þat he come and advertise þaim.1490 Caxton tr. xxiii. sig. Fviv In this place thenne wherof I telle you, as I haue be aduertised, is a right holy woman.1567 (rev. ed.) f. 22 That he my fyue brether aduerteis may.1597 T. Morley Annot. sig. ¶ If thou find any thing which shal not be to thy liking, in friendship aduertise me that I may either mend it, or scrape it out.1611 Ruth iv. 4 Naomi..selleth a parcell of land..And I thought to aduertise thee, saying, Buy it.1669 A. Marvell Let. 7 Oct. in (1971) II. 86 Be pleas'd to consider thereof and advertise me timely.1714 tr. 205 The said Merchants shall be obliged to advertise the said Judges..under the particular Fine of 500 Livres.a1856 W. Hamilton (1859) I. xvi. 305 The insect is advertised and put upon the watch.1928 A. Calder-Marshall in 7 You corpse upon time's gibbet, advertise Us mortals with your slogan of Mortality.
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b. To notify, warn (a person) of (also concerning, †against) something; to give warning or information about something. Now rare.†Also used intransitively with object implied: see quot.
1764 (obsolete).1431 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1431 §27. m. 5 A writte to be sent to sum ordinarie, not advertised of the saide subtilite.?1464 J. Russe in (2004) II. 282 Chapman purposyth..to auertise the Kyng and my lord Tresorere ageyn me to the grettest hurt he can jmagyne.1559–66 (Wodr. Misc. 81) The Lords were advertissed of their departing.1612 W. Pye in H. Ellis (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 170 I thought good to stay vntill I might advertyse you of the Palgraves arryvall.1681 H. Neville 8 Which hindred me from advertising you of my Distemper.1716 D. Ryder 3 Apr. (1939) (modernized text) 212 I asked my brother what to do in this case, whether to advertise my father of this.1748 T. Smollett I. vii. 47 Being advertised by me of his design.1764 H. Walpole 129 Isabella had sent one of the domestics before to advertise of their approach.1825 R. Southey in 32 383 Some prisoners..advertised the French of this terrible danger.1860 M. W. Freer I. i. i. 47 To advertise her majesty concerning his precarious position.1911 P. Gibbon vii. 119 The sound of the softly-closing door advertised them of the tiptoe departure of Dr. Jakes.
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†c. With infinitive. To warn, admonish, advise (a person) to do something. Obsolete (U.S. in later use).1449–50 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §43. m. 7 The seid duke..falsely advertised your highnesse to write to the seid shirref.1475 in C. L. Kingsford (1919) I. 158 (MED) Þat ye be of so gode disposission, to avertes and avyse me to leve all foly.a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) I. lxxxiiii. f. xxxiii The Lordes of Brytayne..aduertysed him in aduoydyng of gretter daunger to expelle & put theym out of his Realme.a1555 H. Latimer (1572) ii. f. 166 S. Paul aduertised all women to geue a good example of sadnes, sobernes, and godlynes.1639 (1870) V. 614/2 To advertish the Erle of Mar to be present.1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 75 in Till the cold being more intense advertise you to enclose them all together.1705 2 Apr. 2/2 Those..who have a mind to encourage the..News-Letter for another year, are hereby Advertised..to agree with John Campbell Post Master of Boston for the same.1778 J. Glover in J. Sparks (1853) II. 73 I have to..advertise the inhabitants to come and receive their moneys.1851 295 I'm sure I put down the dates;..no one has advertised me to recollect the 11th.
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†d. With prepositional phrase or that-clause as complement. To apprise, notify, warn (a person) by some means, that something is the case, etc. Obsolete.In quot.
1612 used intransitively with object implied.1454 in H. Ellis (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 118 (MED) Please youre..Hynes tobe advertised that this lande..was nevir at the poynt fynaly tobe destrued..as it is now.1481 Caxton tr. ii. xxii. sig. h5 Whan they be not aduertysed at what tyme suche tempeste shal come.c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) lvii. 192 I was aduertysed that the .x. maryners wolde haue delyuered her in to the handes of her vncle.1595 Shakespeare v. iii. 18 We are aduertisde by our louing friends, That they doe hold their course towards Tewxburie.1612 T. Taylor (iii. 1) 550 Ministers must take heede, that they take no more vpon them, then to aduise and aduertise from the Lord.1615 R. Hamor 6 A messenger to her father [was] forthwith dispatched to aduertise him, that his only daughter was in the hands..of the English.1681 S. Colvil i. 102 And how he cited ends of Verses..At which some laugh'd, and some were vex'd, Ye'l be advertis'd by the next.1723 H. Rowlands xi. 167 It is requisite here to advertise the Reader, that the Accounts I give of these two Families are principally owing to our British Manuscripts.1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau ii. 34 The young Botanist should be advertised that these Silicles..differ much in their form.1844 11 He was advertised by friends in England, that the hopes..of bringing about a peace, were greatly increased by the prospect of General Harrison's election.1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus II. 325 It would be unfair not to advertise the English reader that this fine sentiment is a translation.
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†2. a. transitive. To take note of, attend to, notice, observe (a thing); =
advert v. 2a. Obsolete.▸ ?a1439 Lydgate (Bodl. 263) vi. l. 1455 (MED) But he list nat aduertise ther praieere.1451 Petition in (2004) II. 529 Aduertisyng the greet mischeves that this noble roialme hath oftyn standyn in for the greet extorcyons and oppressions.a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) I. lxiiii. f. xxiiiv Liuius Gallus aduertysynge this myschief and the great daunger that the Romaynes were in, Drewe backe into the Cytie.a1533 J. Frith (?1548) sig. Bviiv Aduertisyng the kindines of God & our promise in baptisme.1606 L. Bryskett 252 Yet is it to be aduertised, that it is in diuers respects that they be so exercised.
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b. transitive (reflexive). To turn one's attention to, note. Obsolete. rare.c1450 (▸?c1425) E. Hull tr. (1995) 193 And [in] that oþer syde y auertysyd me that stable ner sure profyt may not be in mannys flessche by his destyne without relese of dethe and corupcyon.1509 S. Hawes v. i The lady Gramer..Dyd me receyve into her goodly scoole; To whose doctrine I dyd me advertise.1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy (1901) I. 151/7 Aduertis thé how small regard my cumpanʒeouns takis of thare miserabill bodyis.
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c. intransitive. With of, or to do something. To take note, heed, consider; =
advert v. 1a. Obsolete.1477 Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1913) 16 He had auertised of that they shold doo.a1600 Doctrynall Good Servauntes in E. F. Rimbault (1842) 5 Seruauntes ought to aduertyse, To say euer trouthe and veryte.
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3. transitive. To give notice of (something); to make generally known.Originally from sense
1, by omission of the personal object. Later examples (from the late 18th cent. on) are often influenced by or extended from sense
4.1447 O. Bokenham (1938) l. 2 (MED) Two thyngys owyth euery clerk To aduertysyn begynnyng a werk.a1500 Disciplina Clericalis in (1919) 22 67 This lucre he departed..advertisyng he and his wif to be corrupt.1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius 256 For we offend in mony things, as I haue aduertissit also befoir.1689 in (1852) I. 268 For ye Reasons advertised in ye Returns thereof, given by ye Sheriff, [it] was not a good Election.1785 W. Cowper iv. 500 Vain th' attempt To advertize in verse a public pest.1791 J. Boswell anno 1776 II. 27 He should have warned us of our danger..by advertising, ‘Spring-guns and man-traps set here’.1801 M. Edgeworth Good French Governess in V. 50 Ladies..come to..wear pearl powder, and false auburn hair, and twenty things that are not to be advertised, you know.1869 W. Bagehot in July 72 Changes bring out new qualities, and advertise the effects of new habits.1949 E. Bowen ii. 22 The feather-etched chintz encasing armchairs and sofa advertised its original delicacy by being these days always a little soiled.1993 Aug. 57/1 Many insects have color patterns advertising that they are dangerous or toxic.2003 N. Rush x. 100 The other part of his reluctance came from not wanting to advertise that he had no idea where his wife might be.
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4. a. transitive. To make generally known by means of an announcement in a public medium; spec. (a) to publish information about (a person (now rare), thing, circumstance, or event) so as to attract public attention; (b) to describe or present (a product, service, or the like) in order to promote sales. Frequently with by, in, on the medium specified (as a journal, radio, television, etc.). (Now the most common sense.)1710 4 Apr. 4/1 He will Advertise in the Gazette the Price of..Brandy.1750 H. Walpole (ed. 3) II. 374 A citizen had advertized a reward for the discovery of a person who had stolen sixty guineas.1797 XVIII. 40/2 In advertising a thief, we are obliged to mention his height, complexion, gait.1803 9 189 Shops where ‘injection powders’ are advertized in the windows.1809 W. Irving I. 496 That he should be missing so long, and never return to pay his bill. I therefore advertised him in the newspapers.1836 G. Head 14 In Liverpool and elsewhere it [sc. coal] is advertised by boards and placards.1872 in 2nd Series 8 684 A committee to advertise the resolutions brought forward at this meeting in the papers named.1905 13 Sept. 8/1 They are advertising their stock at give-away prices.1943 A. Rand ii. xi. 352 A billboard advertising a Broadway musical.1968 78 334 He had bought a roll of colour film advertised as ‘the fastest colour film in the world’.1971 F. P. Grove 124 I applied for every school that advertised a vacancy.2004 13 Oct. 10/5 The steward said it was a private party, but she replied that it..had been advertised on the internet.
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b. intransitive. To publicize or promote something in this way.to advertise for: to seek by public notice, esp. in a newspaper.1772 ‘Junius’ II. lxviii. 346 He advertises for patients.1807 R. Southey II. 354 To advertise in newspapers which..insert their notices at an under-price.1835 N. Hawthorne in Mar. 174 Sir Jeffrey Amherst advertises for batteaux-men, to be employed on the lakes.1879 No. 29 38 Don't advertise unless you have something worth advertising.1917 R. C. Megrue & C. Hackett (title) It pays to advertise.1925 W. Cather ii. vi. 253 I thought I couldn't fail to find him... We advertised for him in every possible way.1989 9 Mar. 20/4 Traditionally, people have advertised on radio because they lacked the budget for TV.2005 8 Nov. (Motoring section) 8/1 Commerce recognised the unrivalled opportunity to advertise on the sides of the new vehicles.
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