Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George Lottermoser wrote: > > >"photograph" is basically meaningless. > >Print making is a wide and varied field. > > I reckon all words have no meaning until a collective agrees on a meaning within > the context of a specific dialogue. > > For me - photographic print has always meant "a print made on paper coated with > a light sensitive emulsion". Seems clear, succinct and useful. > > George > -- Sounds good to me! They just go: Silver gelatine paper print. The name the thing the photo is on (paper, but what about a porcelain plate?) the photosensitive thing: silver (could be platinum or other things) and what that photosensitive is embedded in: Gelatine (could be albumen I recall) Three things It ends up sounding quiet pretentious but it does tell you exactly what you are looking at and if you want to call it a photograph that's up to you!. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html