In article <4gjsc7$s2r@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, maccandace@aol.com says...

>Well, I'm majorly bummed and since this state of mind has to do with
>photography, I thought I would share it with all of you and see if >anyone feels inclined to respond. Three years ago, in December of >1992, I graduated from Arizona State University with a BA in >Photographic Studies.
[most of a very interesting post about being left
out of the digital age of photography deleted]
>It's a sad state, don't you think, and while I'm certainly not
>resistant to change, I think I will miss the good old photography that >I spent all those many years learning.

From your recent experience, it would be easy to get discouraged -
but the age of fine original photographic images viewed in actual,
solid environments hasn't left us just yet. There are still many real
galleries and museums that need real people for real positions (there
is a well known museum not far from you in Tucson, I think: The Center
for Photography (?) which has an extensive photo archive). Cyberspace
galleries are a nifty new thing, but hardly a substitute for seeing
the real thing (though they are good for making a quick acquaintance with many different images, just as is that older technology called
"books", I think....;-). Good as digital images may get, and good
as book reproductions can be, neither can show the subtle but wonderful
tonal niceties of the best original prints.
Hope This Helps