That is a very good perspective on things Sirius, but I feel it's shaped more by the history of the technology of photography than by the obvious. Photography is the activity of the taking of a photograph, and the lens is the common denominator of all the "photographies", whether color or b&w, still or moving, film or video. The job of the "transcription" media is first simply to get the output of the taking lens onto some viewing media with as little distortion as possible. That's it, that's all, and if digital can do that better than analog than it's the more true "finished" photograph by my light. The lens is the "eye", and "pure" photography is about seeing, recognizing, and recording. The rest is just finishing. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: sirius <sirius1@wanadoo.nl> To: <scan@leben.com> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 6:37 AM Subject: Re: Levels & Curves (what is a photo?) > Photography is more like the making of an image by the interaction of > photons on some photosensitive material, and converting this photoninfluence > into a retainable image. > In the proper sense inkjet printing would not be a photographic procedure > but it is certainly a photographic medium because it is capable of > reproducing photographically made images. > > sirius > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kennedy McEwen" <rkm@kennedym.demon.co.uk> > To: <scan@leben.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 1:10 AM > Subject: Re: Levels & Curves (what is a photo?) > > > > In article <B84F649A.4AB%bluedove@ccountry.net>, byard pidgeon > > <bluedove@ccountry.net> writes > > >on 12/26/2001 03:51 AM, Arthur Entlich at artistic@ampsc.com wrote: > > >Photography means "drawing with light" or "light drawing", doesn't it? > > > > > So Johannes Vermeer was the original photographer? ;-) > > -- > > Kennedy > > Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed; > > A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed. > > Python Philosophers > > - > > Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate > > subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. > > > > - > Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate > subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.