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# No Amount Of Technology Will Turn A Mediocre
- URL: https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/no-amount-of-technology-will-turn-a-mediocre/
- Published: 2012-12-12T11:47:33.000Z
- Updated: 2012-12-12T11:47:33.000Z
- Author: CJ Chilvers
- Tags: gear, photography

> “No amount of technology will turn a mediocre photographer into a great one. Nor, in conceptual terms, will it transform a bad idea into a good one. For that you would still need to possess a rare set of creative gifts that are still to do with seeing, with deep looking.”  
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> — [Sean O'Hagan](http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/nov/16/sean-ohagan-photography-art-form?CMP=twt%5Fgu&ref=cjchilvers.com) \- (via [A Photo Editor](http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2012/12/11/no-amount-of-technology-will-turn-a-mediocre-photographer-into-a-great-one/?ref=cjchilvers.com))  
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> Everyone knows this. But buying is always easier than learning. This is what will keep the readers of this site unique.