The Heyday

By Kevin Moloney Back to

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This is a sermon, so feel free to mutter an occasional amen or shout hallelujah. And like any congregation of believers, you probably already know some of the things I’m going to say. But we are here to reinvigorate our faith, so please be seated while I take the pulpit, thump the mike and clear my throat. You are living in the best time in history to be a photographer.

It may not seem like it considering the ever-present industry bad news. But Horace Greeley, a 19th Century journalist and inveterate forward thinker once wrote, “The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.”

So what makes now so great?

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About the Author

Kevin Moloney
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Kevin Moloney is a 24-year veteran photojournalist, 15-year journalism educator and is pursuing a Ph.D. in technology, media and society at the University of Colorado. Kevin’s photojournalism work has appeared on the front page of the New York Times more than 40 times, and has led section fronts and the NYTimes. com home page hundreds more. His work as a writer and photographer has been published by the National Geographic Society, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, TIME, Newsweek, US News & World Report, Stern, Paris Match, The Washington Post and scores of other international publications. He has worked as a staff photographer for three daily newspapers. View his journalism work at KevinMoloney.com and blog.KevinMoloney.com.