Is Photo Editing Affecting Our Photography?

Photography has three critical stages: shooting, editing, and printing. These components are so paramount that Ansel Adams wrote a trilogy detailing it that continues to be referenced in photography schools. However, the era in which the books were published differed greatly from today's circumstances. Back then, two photographs would never look the same, even if shot in the same environment. Call me a cynic, but it was evident whoever picked a camera, an expensive hobby for some, delivered pict...