RE: [Leica] LHSA Meetings. It's not just about cameras anymore.

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Well, George, I photograph and I work in the field of education, and I still
think it's possible to be pedantic.;-)

You aren't proposing a definition because you fear that people may not
understand what the word photograph means, you are proposing a particular
definition intended to exclude from the meaning of photograph a new form of
the medium which you chose not to recognize.

B. D.

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Lottermoser
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Subject: RE: [Leica] LHSA Meetings. It's not just about cameras anymore.


>So, George, is a slide a "photograph?"

I did not attempt to arrive at a definition for "photograph". I attempted to
define "photographic print".

If we wish to discuss semantics and reach agreement on definitions; then I
would
label a slide as a "photographic transparency". I would not call it a
photographic print.

If we wish to arrive at a definition of "photograph" I'd begin with:

An image captured onto a light sensitive surface through the use of some
optical
system, including the optical qualities of a pin hole.

Thusly:
A digital image would qualify as a photograph.
An print made with an inkjet printer would qualify as an inkjet print.
A print made from a digital file onto light sensitive emulsion coated paper
would qualify as a photographic print (from a digital file).

While this discussion may seem pedantic to folks who simply produce images,
those of us also working in the field of education need some clarity to
communicate with students who have no clue how discuss:
    prints, printmaking, photographs, photography, etc.

George
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