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@kanrei@mastodon.art @AuthorJMac@indiepocalypse.social @Uddelhexe@mastodon.online What happened to painters (very roughly) was impressionism. They reacted to the threat by moving away from realistic painting, and to the novelty by embracing the informal, everyday subjects photography enabled. It did put some people out of work - e.g. illustrators for books and newspapers (crime-scene illustrators existed, as do court-room artists), but the great ones kept working and the others bought cameras. For even photography can sometimes be fun.