{"id":198129,"date":"2019-12-20T13:09:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=198129"},"modified":"2019-12-20T13:47:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:47:19","slug":"grapher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/20\/grapher\/","title":{"rendered":"Grapher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photography is light writing. Graph<\/a> means to write, carve, or create. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

digraphy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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‘Digigraphy’ as writing or creating things digitally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography is ‘digi-graphy’ — making digital photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing or blogging as digigraphy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Writing digitally<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is interesting — with digital, to scratch or cut into (graphy) isn’t applicable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In pre-modern times, to write was to literally carve words, signs, images, or picto-grams into cave walls, wood, or other surfaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carving<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The closest to the notion of ‘writing’ [graph] comes from the word ‘gerb<\/a>‘ — to carve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The notion of carving is fascinating because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. To create a statue is to carve it out of a slab of stone.<\/li>
  2. To create a photograph is to carve out a portion of it [to frame a scene is to carve out what you consider important]<\/li>
  3. To write is to carve your words, thoughts, and ideas onto paper.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Also to style one’s hair (cutting hair) as carving away superfluous hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    There are many forms of writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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