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First sorry for dragging up this old debate, Im sure it wont be the last time it comes around. My reasons are simple. I enter photographic competitions and exhibitions. Before the digital age you could manipulate your pictures to your hearts content. There was never this question, if it was there as a print or a slide and it was excepted as photography. OK the tool set has now changed but the raw material is the same, an photographic image, I am still going out with my camera and taking pictures. its just what I do with them thats changed. Here is another picture is this photography or 2D? OK Michelle Im not sure, I think you would think this image is because you can see the bass player, but you can also see the skull so whats the difference? Mike, Thomas and Dan this is not photography because I did not take it in camera, or reproduce digitally what I could have done in an traditional darkroom. Thats fine a very clear cutting line between photography and 2D. Im interested in your thoughts of limiting the digital darkroom to only produce traditional darkroom images. Slynky fantastic its Space Hopper Art the new art that bounces you from here to there, landing who knows where. I love it:O) Lets get the forum going and the gallery up now. But seriously, If Photography is going to embrace the digital darkroom then this kind of picture has got to be excepted as photography or as I would like to see it called Digital Photo Art. As for the exhibitions and competitions Im going to continue entering my work, if only to confuse the hell out of the judges and selectors. I have yet to get a rejection with we do not consider this photography on it. Im sure the day will come.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Salvador Dali