9-17. a new toy for the kids.

As we ventured through the history of photography, we watched as it's still images grew and transformed into images, motion, and sound. I found it as no surprise that since the first movie reel there were the first on-camera actors, as opposed to sinply documenting life. This refers back to the mantra of the theatre as seen in "Vatel": "theatrum mundi," the world is a stage. Lumiers first recorded scenes on film: the snowball fight, the animal walk through the street, all projected a sense of "newness" to technology through its captured people. Even with ostrich or elephant in hand, people were lured in by the camera and watched it watching them. The fascination with new technology over powered their "duties" as actors. I wonder if they were familiar with the phrase "15 minutes of fame"...