Monday, March 23, 2009

Click Define

Came upon this neat site today. Speaks to my new love and passion for photography.
Looking forward to have some more time to look through it entirely.

A description written by someone far less tired than I am right now, thank you VSL:


The Photographic Dictionary sounds like a reference tool, but it’s really a cool, expansive art project: A photographer submits a picture, and it’s matched to the word that best “defines” it.

Many of the illustrations are straightforward (search for cloud, and you’ll see a photo of cloud). Some are quite lovely (see, for instance, the entry for white). But our favorite definitions seem to draw on the photographer’s own store of personal experiences (the visual definitions for abandon, finger, and knife are especially good). The site has a way to go before it catches up with other online dictionaries; as of this writing, there are just 600 entries. But so far, we like what we’re seeing.



The link:
The Photographic Dictionary

Think I shall strive to submit one some day.

3 comments:

emily said...

um, hello?! i LOVE this. thanks for providing the link. i, too, shall strive.

Anonymous said...

eh eh eh...how about cephalenproctosis. I bet you know somebody with this condition...I crack me up :)
Uncle Todd

Anonymous said...

Cool Pictures....I'm betting you will come up with something to get on this site!

Dad