Forum: Photography


Subject: When is photography no longer photography?

mcanning opened this issue on Feb 02, 2002 ยท 18 posts


Misha883 posted Sat, 02 February 2002 at 10:05 PM

I'm tired tonight, or I'd quick Bryce-up a bunch of angels dancing on the head of a pin. Then we'd have the answer! It's an arbitrary classification for visual representations. If someone adds sound to the dancing lights we can increase the scope. [Please, no smells, Slynky!] Touch, if someone can figure out how, is OK. These are photos because the people here choose to call them photos. And we are eclectic enough to post in other galleries (or even look there, gasp!) if we feel the other galleries are more appropriate. Or, if someone posts (in our opinion) inappropriately, we can gently suggest they may receive a more recepive audience at other galleries. Generally, the images here are based on, or include, some elements captured mechanically, chemically, or electrically from the "real world." This is different from the pure mathematics of the Poser or Bryce forums, or the traditionally manual media of painting, drawing, etc. As a general observation, many of the inhabitants of "Photography" have a deep appreciation of traditional camera technique, and those wishing to post such images will receive a warm reception here. However, most are open minded enough to really encourage truly new ideas. [I don't like to pick on individuals, but Slynkie's use of the scanner in his recient Hands entry is one of the most exciting and innovative new "photographs" to hit this Forum.] If folks post here images that are far different from the expectations of the audience, the images will not get looked at. This may be a loss for all concerned, but if the image departs too radically from expectations it may receive a better audience elsewhere. This may be sad, but not an issue to re-open the C&D Forum over. I'm very sorry if I have sounded "hot" about this subject. I feel I was discouraged from posting in the Poser or Bryce galleries because of irrelevant and esoteric issues of "rendering engine." In "Photo" I can return to my roots of traditional image capture, and if I warp it too much, "2D" is happy to take it.