The Work of Art in The Age of Mechanical Reproduction

This essay written by Walter Benjamin in the 1936 was about the revolution of the how photography and film changed the perception of what was considered art. Since now things could be reproduced was there something that was lost from being one of a kind. Walter believed that there was and aura missing from the new medium. Although I don't think he believed it was technically a bad thing.

I believe that the shift definitely took away an aurora away also but it wasn't necessarily a bad thing. For one it opened up a whole new market for the politicization of art. The difference between a painting and a photograph is the aurora a painting has being unique and one of a kind. The photo can be as equally as stunning but just the fact know that it is reproduced cheapens it.