What are the definitive Photo-Cliches of the past decade.

[Robert Hughes]

I used photography because... is a statement about the limitations of photography as a medium.

I thought that's why people used Holgas!

Just like why Philistines root for the Phillies!

[John NYC]

Bradley, some of us who read this thread enjoyed viewing your work and appreciate it. Thought you'd like to know.

[Colin Graham]

Bradley, some of us who read this thread enjoyed viewing your work and appreciate it. Thought you'd like to know.

+1

[Paul Kierstead]

I used photography because the whole of the body of work (the little war) is a statement about the limitations of photography as a medium.

Thanks for the explanation. It does make me understand somewhat more clearly what you are driving at.

As an aside, the cliche I initially confused the description of your work with -- the so called tilt-shift pictures --- are an interesting example of demonstrating the limitations of the medium. Or our perception; that delineation is also interesting.

[drew.saunders]

Shallow DOF.

Awkward Family Photos had some fun with interesting shallow DOF for engagement photos: http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2010/...get-about-him/

I can understand emphasizing the model, but de-emphasizing the guy in an engagement photo seems a tad silly.

I notice they didn't get any with the man in focus and woman not. Even if the photographers are using a cliché, at least they're not stupid.

[Thebes]

"HDR", and I put that in quotes because current printing and display technology is not HDR but rather tone-mapping of composited photos. Normally in the cliche, it is done to vomit-vision levels of the sliders.

[Stephen Willard]

So, if I compiled all the Photo-Cliches posted here, then is there anything left to photograph?

[jb7]

Scenic views of mountains and clouds...

[Drew Wiley]

Photographs on earth, that's something which has been done over and over and over.
Photographs from space - that's been done a lot too. Photographs with cameras -
millions of them. Photographs made with computers. Images capable of being seen with
our eyes - no creativity there either.

[Robert Hughes]

So, if I compiled all the Photo-Cliches posted here, then is there anything left to photograph?

Go for it! It's a contest! Let's see who can come up with the most cliches in a photo.