Wow - I did not expect to get all these responses to my musing. Thanks very much to all concerned, appreciated.
Small clarification; I had no intention of stoking the film/digital debate and am happy for both to coexist as forms of producing picures (trying to choose words carefully!). My standpoint is that if one mentions photography to someone, they tend to think of it as digitally produced as that is the default production method nowadays. Whilst I might hope that my pictures might stand up to scrutiny against a digital produced image, the fact that I have chosen to use film/print etc is, to my mind, something that is important with my work & how to reflect that choice in a succint non-pompous way.
Probably thinking about this waaay too much, but that's me all over!
Current thoughts:
Wet photography is liable (in some circles) to hint at something towards the porn market;
Film is probably more associated with movies now;
Analogue doesn't (yet) have enough of a known resonance outside of a small circle to be understood in regard to photography;
Hand prints could indicate prints of hands (eg baby hand prints with the poster paint!)
Classical leads one to think of Greek statues and portraits of Homer
Traditional might indicate pictures of old thatched cottages.....
Please, not denigrating anyones choice of "describer" - I have come up with nothing better, just trying to explore the outer reaches of my known vocabulary!!
Cheers for all the input
Sim2
*searching for a thesaurus*
Small clarification; I had no intention of stoking the film/digital debate and am happy for both to coexist as forms of producing picures (trying to choose words carefully!). My standpoint is that if one mentions photography to someone, they tend to think of it as digitally produced as that is the default production method nowadays. Whilst I might hope that my pictures might stand up to scrutiny against a digital produced image, the fact that I have chosen to use film/print etc is, to my mind, something that is important with my work & how to reflect that choice in a succint non-pompous way.
Probably thinking about this waaay too much, but that's me all over!
Current thoughts:
Wet photography is liable (in some circles) to hint at something towards the porn market;
Film is probably more associated with movies now;
Analogue doesn't (yet) have enough of a known resonance outside of a small circle to be understood in regard to photography;
Hand prints could indicate prints of hands (eg baby hand prints with the poster paint!)
Classical leads one to think of Greek statues and portraits of Homer
Traditional might indicate pictures of old thatched cottages.....
Please, not denigrating anyones choice of "describer" - I have come up with nothing better, just trying to explore the outer reaches of my known vocabulary!!
Cheers for all the input
Sim2
*searching for a thesaurus*