In conclusion, I think that if there is a winner in this uneven battle, it is we the photographers and the people in general.
When we talk about digital photography, what are we really talking about? About photography, that captures light through pixels? About digitalized negatives manipulated in the computer? About developed pictures that are scanned to be stored or transmitted? About the so-called traditional photography, that uses digital technology for printing. About photography with digital origin that has a film output? About pictures taken with a cell phone and received in our e-mail? About digital photographs printed in traditional media such as newspapers and magazines? About a digitally constructed image that has different sources? All of the above? None of the above?
At this point we call “digital photography” to all of these options and many more that are within our grasp, perhaps there is a lack of a definition or of adequate and more precise terms, but the real issue is: Is this new art form or are we just using different machines?
The historic divide put forth by this colloquium is both limited and gigantic, we can measure the advancements and achievements in the every day use of these media, but it is difficult -at least for me- to fully understand its effect on the photographic language, on the profession, the media, copy rights, and work market, but mainly the way it is changing our way of reading and interpreting the images. The convergence of digital postproduction and telecommunications, especially the Internet, presents huge possibilities for the distribution of information and art. It is not about making a statement in favor of the technical by itself or defending that media offers a final solution to the problems of art, communications or the modern world.

The issue is immense, full of expectations but also of doubts, a forum such as this one should clarify the way to which we are headed. Its important not just to be on top of the new technological wave-and bear the anxiety that this may cause- but we must keep up with the new developments, but now more than ever we should pay attention to the contents, the concepts the use and the interpretation of our work. I only have 20 minutes so I will be brief. There are three specific issues to this new universe: The concept of the “second shutter”; the hybrid processes as means for the settling of the new media; and the Media Art and the electronic books as new solutions for old needs.