Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Feli: For me the first three are photographs while the rest are photographic illustrations. Feli wrote: > > On Mar 25, 2005, at 9:11 AM, SonC@aol.com wrote: > >> BD writes: >> You have decided to do a project combining individual >> >>> photographs; I wish you good luck with the project, but I don't >>> consider >>> the end product of what you are producing to be "photography." But I >>> know that there are many who disagree with me. :-) >> >> >> >> So, does that mean a double exposure is not a photograph? >> >> If you hand color the print, does it stop being a photograph? >> >> If you add your name to the print using a negative, has it ceased >> being pure? >> >> What about unsharp masking --not the PS type, but when you make a mask >> negative. Is that result not a photograph? >> > > > > How about this?: > > Straight photograph. No digital, just printed in the darkroom: > http://tinyurl.com/43bun > > > Straight photograph, scanned negative that was ONLY dust busted Photoshop. > Color correction was set to MATCH the exposure. Final output on Lightjet. > (Tri-X@400; f16/500th) > > http://tinyurl.com/548tp > > > Straight photo with a little 'direction' - "Stand here and squint into > the sun. It will > make you look more manly!" Printed on the contrasty side in the > darkroom, probably > a little dodge and burn. > > http://www.cristinaarce.com/images/photo_smith04.jpg > > > Heavily Photoshopped image, shall we call this an Illustration?: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3218249 > > > Photomontage: > > http://tinyurl.com/3wt7x > > > David Hockney, photo collage > > http://tinyurl.com/564vp > > > > > Feli >