If the developments of the turn of the millennium are to be seen as regression, we should first ask ourselves what the reasons for those kinds of processes are. It seems that the decrease of fascination with photography in the 1990s was caused both by the increasing popularity of photography and its penetration into all areas of life — something that previously had not, for both technical and ideological reasons, been possible.
Kui aastatuhandevahetuse arenguid näha taandarengutena, võiksime me esmalt küsida sääraste protsesside põhjuste järele. Tundub, et 1990. aastate fotograafia vaimustuse vähenemisel on oma osa nii fotograafia levikul ja tungimisel kõigisse eluvaldkondadesse, mis siiani polnud võimalik ei tehnilistel ega ideoloogilistel põhjustel.