You are correct, Bob. I didn't think much of the title either. It was really just a working title, and I stuck that title on the photo.net posting for lack of anything else to call it at the time.
I'm horrendous at titling things. Were it not for the fact that I think it sounds pretentious, I'd just call my stuff "Untitled #1, #2, etc.". The other problem with that, is I'd just say to myself, "Hmmm, what was that Asian Girl photo, Untitled # 745, or #746?"
And, on the Politically Correct front, you're right. Identifying the subject by her gender or county (or continent) of family origin isn't the best way to classify her.
I'll have to think of something else for that photo, and most of my others as well.
As for the Pythonesque "statement of the bleedin' obvious", well, sometimes in my more lucid moments, I'll title things that way with the actual intention of being ironic and humourous (the bike shot, "A Dog and Her Girl on a Bike" being an example of that). Sometimes it works. Other times not. <g> But, Asian Girl was no such attempt.
Thanks for the pointers - I appreciate it.
cheers, frank
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From: Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Titles and captions ( was Re: OT: Another Show Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 15:56:38 +0000
congratulations on the show, Frank. It's well deserved.
Maybe it's just me being pernickety or something, but I would change the title or caption of this particular photo. The reasons apply to most paintings, photographs etc., so please don't think I'm singling you out.
When I look at the photo I can see that the subject is a girl and I can see that she's Asian, so the title is really not telling me anything I can't see.
Some politically correct people (and I don't include myself in this instance - I'm just making an observation) might also point out that some women don't like to be described as girls.
The gist of what I'm saying is that in my opinion a title, caption or whatever shouldn't usually be what Monty Python described as "a statement of the bleedin' obvious".
I must say, though, that I'm often guilty of this myself, but I do try to avoid it.
Having said all that, it's a very enjoyable photograph.
-- Cheers, Bob
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