Arden, Roy. “After Photography.” Canadian Art 17.4 (Winter 2000): 48-56.In this article, Arden conceptualizes digital photography within the sphere of art history and deems it as the return to the Realist model. He begins with a discussion of the emergence of photography and initial criticism of this form of art within the art community as the difference between reality and artist creation. He claims that “the arrival of digital technology promises to obliterate the truth value of photography once and for all” because digital art can be altered (unlike a painter’s canvas) without any evidence of the change. Arden showcases five Vancouver artists involved in the creation of digital photography who have come to use photos much as a painter would use a sketch – their final work being the development and manipulation of the original “sketch” or photograph.