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Subject: Genres within the gallery

tammymc opened this issue on Feb 26, 2003 ยท 171 posts


Allen9 posted Tue, 04 March 2003 at 3:59 PM

Tammy, I came up with the term "viewscapes" in an attempt to coin a phrase as inclusive as possible for those types of view. If the 'film noir' feeling or general 'ambiance' or possibly some 'intense emotion' is the main subject of a pic, how about a broad class called something like "Atmosphere/Mood"? Also, possibly a genre for 'Urban Scenes' in addition to Nature-Scenes and Viewscapes - so there's room for everyone? (Just tossing out suggestions to see if any float and can be helpful.) Also, I'm with dialyn on the terms - such as the 'story' genre. I know you have a lot to do, but wouldn't it be a good idea for there to be a thread/page/whatever someplace with a list of all the genres and at least a start-off basic definition of what goes in them. Some are quite clear, such as sea/undersea (thanks for adding that) but a number of others, such as 'story' (For example: is it a picture that tells a story, or a series of pictures telling one story - or both?) - the terms can be rather vague and some definition would make things clearer.