My latest post on the HP Professional Photography blog addresses the issues of why it is now fashionable to get down and dirty with your images. View the article by following this link or use this link http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Professional-Photography/Why-Grungy-Photos-Are-Back-in-Fashion/ba-p/87365
an interesting post but for an opposite (but apposite) view :http://www.slate.com/id/2279659/
I wouldn’t read it as an opposite view. Grungy can be beautiful.