Will a billion ‘selfies’ cause us to miss history?

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Will a billion ‘selfies’ cause us to miss history?

As technological change has changed photojournalism, news photographers fear that iconic images that could trigger the public’s conscience are being missed.

via Reuters: http://blogs.reuters.com/david-rohde/2013/12/18/will-a-billion-selfies-cause-us-to-miss-history/

photography is our predominant means of communication. Dizzying technological advances allow a mind-boggling number of images — half-a-billion a day — to be shot and posted online. Yet the emergence of the Web and smartphones has made it harder than ever for photographers to earn a living