Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Are you sure that synechdoce isn't just Greek for "really crappy photo that looks like something a not very talented 9-year-old-would-take-with-her-first-camera-thinking-that-it-had-great-m eaning?" -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Afterswift@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 11:05 AM To: nikon_digital@yahoogroups.com; stephenspeidel@netscape.net Subject: [Leica] synecdoche and how photographers practice poetry http://www.pbase.com/beaucamera/image/40830708 synecdoche -- figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part Dear Colleagues, Virginia has provided us with a classic example of synecdoche in imagery. [Please don't ask me to pronounce it.] In poetry it's a very effective device. Poetry is essentially about imagery. Isn't it great to know there's a word for this type of image and creative thinking? The Greeks had a word for everything we would ever dream about. Bob _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information