A still from the last roll of Kodachrome, shot by Steve McCurry.
The Subway: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Perspective, illusion, and architecture: Felice Varini
“[Caillard] saw visitors looking at masterpieces for five seconds at a time, the same way they look at pictures on a mobile phone, and then move on to the next painting.”
This is really unfortunate. That said, I am not certain this is a direct result of the pace which people view digital media. The Louvre is a huge museum. Some tourists may not have the time to absorb everything there…both French and American.
“Don’t do it for anyone else.”