uh, oh maybe what i'm going to say may offend some "photographers", but frankly my dears.... Photography is a craft, not an "art" in itself. It's a technique used for artistic expression, just as "painting", "sculpting", etc... are crafts. I couldn't give a damn if someone calls my work "photographs" or "mixed media" or even "digital imagery": with my digicam + photoshop I feel that i'm able to express myself artistically. Of course, I want to improve the technical quality of my work and that's the reason why I spend quite some time on the internet and buy quite a lot of books on the subject of photography and digital darkroom. But it's not the "essence" of what i call "art". Maybe it would be a great thing if some of those "pretentious whiners" should exchange their expensive camera-equipment for a cheap plastic snapshooter, rid themselves from complicated technical concepts for a while and really start "photographing" for a change... Maybe their work would acquire some genuine creativity instead of the often sterile technical perfection they are constantly trying to achieve. there, i just had to get that off my chest... Hope my 2eurocents worth answered your question.