I heard it again yesterday for the billionth time: “Digital Photography”. Isn’t it time we drop the word ‘digital’?
Seems we’ve managed to drop the “electric” from “electric guitar” in common parlance.
We found it easy to drop the word “acrylic” from “acrylic painting” when that came on the scene with oils.
We quickly ditched the “digital” from “digital music” when it took the lead over records and tapes and CDs.
I suppose by-and-large our industry has dropped the word, but given that digital and analog photography are fundamentally the same thing, isn’t it time we implore the rest of the world to assimilate the term “digital photography” back into “photography” as a whole?
I could not agree more, how stupid does it sound!!?!?
I would never call myself a “digital” photographer!
Louise
Dubai Wedding and events photographer Dubai, Abu Dhabi
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Many years ago we had a very similar situation with old vinyl records and CD’s. Neither is right or wrong, they are just different and actually now, many years later the whole arguement has very little relevance – the most important thing is it’s just music! Photographically it’s surely the same? It’s the image that matters, not what was used to create it or what the tool is called?
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