We need a new photo file format – Kaptur

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We need a new photo file format – Kaptur

Photos have been encaged for too long. It is time to release and use the information they all carry within: Let’s create a new photo file format that will liberate them.

via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/we-need-a-new-file-format/

Photos are too short and videos are too long. Photos say too little and videos too much. In an age where we can link data so quickly and easily, it is amazing to see that photos are still just the online equivalent of their printed version : A flat 2D representation of the offline world with a little editorial text around it. It is an aberration that in 2015, photos still need text captions to explain their content.