{"id":221,"date":"2010-12-31T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/?p=221"},"modified":"2026-06-15T01:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:35:40","slug":"before-there-was-digital-and-the-naming-of-photographers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"Before There Was Digital and The Naming Of Photographers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Before<\/a><\/div>\n

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\n<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
The Naming Of Types<\/b><\/u>
\n(Stolen and poorly adapted from T. S. Eliot)<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n
The Naming of Types is a difficult matter,<\/i><\/span>
\n It isn’t just one of your holiday games;<\/i><\/span>
\n You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter<\/i><\/span>
\n When I tell you, a photographer must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.<\/i><\/span>
\n <\/i><\/span>
\n First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily,<\/i><\/span>
\n Such as Snapshot, Wedding, Nature, Macro or Travel <\/i><\/span>
\n All of them fun everyday names.<\/i><\/span>
\n There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,<\/i><\/span>
\n Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:<\/i><\/span>
\n <\/i><\/span>
\n But I tell you, a photographer needs a name that’s particular,<\/i><\/span>
\n A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified,<\/i><\/span>
\n Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,<\/i><\/span>
\n Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?<\/i><\/span>
\n Of names of this kind, I can give you the most accordant<\/i><\/span>
\n That name is of course Photojournalism.<\/i><\/span>
\n A name that is a beacon for both truth and realism<\/i><\/span>
\n With the names Bokeh and Sharpness being of much lesser importance<\/i><\/span>
\n <\/i><\/span>
\n But above and beyond there’s still one name left over,<\/i><\/span>
\n And that is the name that you never will guess;<\/i><\/span>
\n The name that no human research can discover–<\/i><\/span>
\n But THE PHOTOGRAPHER HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.<\/i><\/span>
\n When you notice he or she is in profound meditation,<\/i><\/span>
\n The reason, I tell you, is always the same:<\/i><\/span>
\n His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation<\/i><\/span>
\n Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:<\/i><\/span>
\n Of all the names his is the smartest,<\/i><\/span>
\n His ineffable effable<\/i><\/span>
\n Effanineffable<\/i><\/span>
\n That of course is because he’s an Artist<\/i><\/span>
\n Of deep and inscrutable singular Nature. <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Naming Of Types (Stolen and poorly adapted from T. S. Eliot) The Naming of Types is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a photographer must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. First of all, there’s the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}