Worst Photographic Buzzword

[aduncanson]

There are several excellent candidates above, but has nobody nominated "tonality"?

[John NYC]

Especially if it is lovingly handcrafted...

Ha, ha, ha!!!

[John NYC]

Please don't ban me from the forum for this. And I should preface it by saying I have found Kerry's site very informative and helpful. But (and I'm sure this is not to his glee) everyone who is trying to sell one of the lenses he liked now quotes a certain term and jacks the price up beyond what comparable lenses of like ability/quality go for.

So, with that said, I will also add "future classic" to this list.

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[Roger Cole]

'Fine art' and another vote for bokeh.
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Fine art is indeed a term that should be banished.

"giclee"

I especially like it when someone claims a print is not inkjet it's giclee.

...Mike

But for buzzwords this is my preference for worst, at least of those so far.

[mdm]

"giclee"

I especially like it when someone claims a print is not inkjet it's giclee.

...Mike

My understanding is that giclee is a French coloquialism for ejaculate, or thats what I read somewhere, anyway.

[Roger Thoms]

Fine art is indeed a term that should be banished.



But for buzzwords this is my preference for worst, at least of those so far.

So I guess "Giclee Fine Art Print" is out of the question.

Roger

[John NYC]

"giclee"

I especially like it when someone claims a print is not inkjet it's giclee.

...Mike

Giclee is probably the worst, I agree.

I didn't think about it while I was there, but now I find it pretty interesting that no one at AIPAD this year that I saw was using that term. Let's hope it doesn't come back.

[Roger Cole]

So I guess "Giclee Fine Art Print" is out of the question.

Roger

Well, using that phrase shouldn't really be a capital crime.

At least, not for a first offense.

[Ben Syverson]

You guys do know that "giclee" refers to ejaculate in French? Just wanted to point out how laughable it is as a "prestige" phrase in English. Inkjet has its place, but anyone who tries to bowl you over with French deserves your deepest and most offensive eye roll. F&$*%K those people.

Outside of that, I would love (LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE) for Mr. Roger Cole of Lawrenceville, Georgia to confront Tyler Hicks of the New York Times, just released from captivity, and tell him "Sorry, sir, you're not a photographer. You're a 'war imager.'". Haha. Yes, look directly in Mr. Hick's face, after he's been told by his captor "You have a beautiful head. I'm going to remove it and put it on mine," and tell him "Hey guy, whatever you've been through, boy it's been rough, but you've never made one true photograph."

I would love to see that. And then I would love to spit in your face. I would truly cherish it forever.

[Roger Cole]

You guys do know that "giclee" refers to ejaculate in French? Just wanted to point out how laughable it is as a "prestige" phrase in English. Inkjet has its place, but anyone who tries to bowl you over with French deserves your deepest and most offensive eye roll. F&$*%K those people.

Outside of that, I would love (LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE) for Mr. Roger Cole of Lawrenceville, Georgia to confront Tyler Hicks of the New York Times, just released from captivity, and tell him "Sorry, sir, you're not a photographer. You're a 'war imager.'". Haha. Yes, look directly in Mr. Hick's face, after he's been told by his captor "You have a beautiful head. I'm going to remove it and put it on mine," and tell him "Hey guy, whatever you've been through, boy it's been rough, but you've never made one true photograph."

I would love to see that. And then I would love to spit in your face. I would truly cherish it forever.

Ben, Ben, you still don't get it.

Today, I'd call him a photographer, because that's the common usage. I said TEN PLUS YEARS AGO that I thought both digital and film would be better off if the two had different names. It didn't happen that way, so that's not what I say now.

And why would being a war imager be any less prestigious than being a war photographer, anyway?

Why can you not seem to understand that I NEVER meant it to make either less than the other, only to emphasize that they are DIFFERENT though related arts? Even then the difference is more in the art sense than the documentary sense. AND why can't you seem to understand that this was my position more than TEN YEARS ago, and my opinion clearly didn't prevail and I use terms like "photography" and "photographs" and "photographer" NOW exactly like everyone else, independent of film versus digital media?

If the caps look like I'm shouting, good, because I am, because speaking (writing) normally doesn't seem to get the point across.

The terms would also has nothing whatsoever to do with what ordeals anyone has been through. Utterly...TOTALLY...UNRELATED.