"Technological Reproducibility"

First off, the interpretation of the article really seemed to help make the concepts a lot more clear to me. Benjamin is saying that with the "new technologies" like photography and film, the art and the viewer are now separated by this medium. He says that even though a photograph isn't forgery or a fake that it somewhat robs the original "art" of it's aura. I don't necessarily agree with this. If anything, pictures can show us a different angle or perspective, that we wouldn't have seen without the use of a camera. That kind of intertwines with what Benjamin says about how the "art object" is expanded by film or still photography. He talks about how in a picture the texture or details aren't seen as if they would without the camera between the art and viewer. He does seem to be less pessimistic when it comes to talking about film. He talks about how it sharpens the viewers "optical and auditory impressions." Overall Walter Benjamin seemed to be quite negative on the use of photography and film in the art realm. However he did seem to have some leeway on it's potential positive aspects.