--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Now that photography is a digital medium…" description: "\"Now that photography is a digital medium, the ghost of painting is coming to haunt it: photography no longer retains a sense of truth. I think that's g..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/vik-muniz-16116_century_now-that-photography-is-a-digital-medium_1434279.png" --- # Now that photography is a digital medium, the ghost of… ![“Now that photography is a digital medium, the ghost of painting is coming to haunt it: photography no longer retains a sense of truth. I think that's great, because it frees photography from factuality, the same way photography freed painting from factuality in the mid-nineteenth century.” quote by Vik Muniz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/vik-muniz-16116_century_now-that-photography-is-a-digital-medium_1434279.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/vik-muniz-16116_century_now-that-photography-is-a-digital-medium_1434279.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/vik-muniz-16116_century_now-that-photography-is-a-digital-medium_1434279.png) > “Now that photography is a digital medium, the ghost of painting is coming to haunt it: photography no longer retains a sense of truth. I think that's great, because it frees photography from factuality, the same way photography freed painting from factuality in the mid-nineteenth century.” [Vik Muniz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vik-muniz/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Digital photography loses factual truth, similar to how painting moved beyond realism; this frees both mediums. **In simple terms:** Digital photos lack truth, freeing art. Key Takeaway Accept new artistic freedoms. Themes truth digital media art history Mood contemplative optimistic Type artistic philosophical When to use this quote - photography - painting - digital art exhibitions Key Concepts Postmodernism media theory Questions to Reflect On - How does truth affect art? - What new narratives emerge? 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