Hard work in a digital world

There's something manrayish over Ewa Stackelberg's exhibition at Fotografins Hus. As with Man Ray the process in the dark room is equally important as the actual photography. The result is beautiful, but it raises questions about the method. Why would anyone want to go through many hours of this kind of labour only to end up with something that is perfectly possible to recreate faster and more accurate with a digital picture in Photoshop?

Perhaps Stackelberg feels that the process in itself is an important aspect of her work, but in my opinion, modern photography has to be analyzed in a social and cultural context. And that context is largly defined by the available technical solutions.

I'm also hesitant towards the actual content of her pictures. Despite all the technical brilliance it seems to traditional for my taste.