The meme. A cultural behavior that is viral -- often existing as a vessel for social/cultural symbols of the current day. These symbols of today have made themselves an appendage to the internet, in a sense they have become what the internet is. Overly saturated with self referential imagery and vernacular, the meme has made the average viewer of images jaded towards amateur photography, though it persists to exist. This is a response to Jeff Wall's statement in the last reading, (although clearly dated, and did not anticipate the internet's role in image making) about the death of amateur photography and its usage.
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