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ZoneZero ® is dedicated to photography. Its name intends to be a metaphor for the journey from analog to digital image making. One of the references comes from "The Zone System" a fine example of the analog heritage in photography made so famous by Ansel Adams. From the analog dark room we are now moving to the digital one; where everything analog is transformed into digits represented through the infinite combinations of either zeros or ones. The name ZoneZero has actually several origins, least of which is the one you cited. It comes from combining the digital representation as in one-zero. Plus the notion that the Zero Zero has to do with being at the very center, the starting point if you will, from which new directions for photography will hopefully emanate. To use the words of the French poet Louis Aragon, in his preface to Modern Mythology. ? Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of conflict, in the zone where black and white clash?. Hence ZoneZero In conclusion, ZoneZero is a site on the internet, dedicated to photography and its journey from the analog to digital world. We hope that ZoneZero shall become a space where the following objectives will be achieved: 1- Every time you log off from this site you should be able to come away with a sense that it was worth your time and effort. 2- Any work shown here should have as its most important merit, not how it was done but why. 3- An ongoing debate on all the issues surrounding the"representation of reality" and other subjects relevant to the transition from analog to digital image making. 4- To promote the understanding of where, in the context of the digital age, the tradition of a "still image" is headed. 5- To serve as a bridge between creative minds from all parts of the world, but in particular coming from Latin America. 6- All services, advertising or otherwise commercial aspects on this site must be above all else, of siginificant worth to the visitor. To these issues we will dedicate our energy and resources. We hope that over time we shall have accomplished such goals. Pedro
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