The Curator  Doug Rowan [2.25.97]   We create tools and we are
molded by our use of them. In our lifetime technology has
changed the world as it changes our minds. Consider the great
power in new imaging techniques made possible through
technological development. One example: during the moon landing
in the late '60s I recall the stunning televised image of the
earth as seen from the moon: night and day at the same time --
all times all the time -- no matter what the time. And my watch
told me the correct time was 3 pm.  A generation later, the
advent of the PC and the current communications revolution are
changing our worlds and our minds to such an extent that the
biggest change is the rate of change. Nowhere is this more
evident than in the graphical imaging power of today's desktop
machines.  Corbis is a company whose headquarters is outside
Seattle in Bellevue, Washington. They also have offices in New
York and London. The business is building a digital visual
library, and it's an endeavor that's been und