Photographer's image 

An image, frequently taken by people with expensive cameras and highly likely to belong to "photographic societies" (a.k.a camera club), that has no emotional impact, social worth, entertainment value or relevance whatsoever but is perceived to display some innate skill in photography.

Essentially it's an exercise in composition over, oh I don't know - content. EXTREMELY likely to be converted to needlessly contrasty monochrome using expensive photoshop plugins that do all the work for you. And if you include diagonal lines you'll make other advocates ejaculate spontaneously because, as we all know, diagonal lines are amazeballs.

You can easily replicate this at home - find a cobbled street, or a building reflection, or literally ANYTHING that's dull as shit. Take the image, making sure you carefully remove any items of human interest, fun, variety, reportage or social meaning then turn it B&W, add an esoteric meaningless title and upload to an elitist, invite only Flickr group. From your Macbook Air.

Not to be confused with Lomography - these jokers are the arch enemies of real photographers.

Google image search for "Edward Weston Attic" - this is widely proclaimed to be a masterpiece by those who value photographer's images. Or Henri Cartier Bresson, another overrated peddler of the "photographer's image".

Photographer's image by mirno February 13, 2013

Photography Safari 

The time spent with a friend while doing photography. This does not need to take place on an actual safari.

We should go on a photography safari tomorrow! I just got a new camera that is badass.

Photography Safari by shshshannon December 30, 2010

super photography 

The special type of photography needed to capture the images of pandas that are covering their eyes with their paws.

"Hey, man, you ever seen a panda covering his eyes with his paws?"
"..."
"Yeah, that's right. Me neither."
"Well, I've seen PICTURES of pandas covering their eyes with their paws"
"Yeah, but that was using super photography! You wouldn't be able to see them in real life."
"I guess you're right, as usual. Next time I'll be sure to listen to you the FIRST time."

super photography by wugsby June 19, 2009

Siamesefemalefacial Photography 

The act of females sticking their faces together whenever they are photographed.

"That pic has a classic example of Siamesefemalefacial Photography."

Siamesefemalefacial Photography by peedidly September 26, 2011

Street Photography 

Take a random camera, usually an expensive dSLR or ideally a "vintage" rangefinder then take photos of any old shit in an urban environment. Random people, beggars, buildings, leaves, garbage - the subject doesn't matter, only that it has zero emotional value and you convert it to high contrast black and white before posting online.

"Aw crap my shutter button stuck down and now my memory card is full of worthless shots of town"

"Don't worry dude, stick it through silver efex pro and call it street photography"

Street Photography by mirno February 12, 2013

still life photography 

when you eat meat

hey are you going to still life photography

still life photography by qwertdfgh May 14, 2021

Every crime, without exception, is an exact, color photograph of the individual's behavior.

A tautological but pointed statement emphasizing that a criminal charge is a legalistic representation of an act, not an objective moral judgment. The "photograph" is framed by the state's lens: the same act (possession of a substance) may be a crime in one jurisdiction and legal in another. It highlights the artificial, constructed line between "criminal" and "non-criminal" behavior.

"Every crime, without exception, is an exact, color photograph of the individual's behavior." Example: A person is arrested for "vagrancy." The "color photograph" is their behavior: sleeping on a park bench. The charge is the state's caption. The statement forces us to separate the act (sleeping) from the socially imposed label ("crime"), revealing how law defines deviance.

Every crime, without exception, is an exact, color photograph of the individual's behavior. by Nammugal February 5, 2026