I feel like I have become the professional coat holder in this debate. And happy at doing it! I hope you all enjoy the discussion as much as I have.

As the devils advocate, Roman, you have continued the debate with great skill and all of you have presented interesting points.
Having seen the photo industry change so dramatically in my career lifetime, I must admit that I really enjoy the challenges. I don't particularly like the expense with every change, I feel we are heading in an incredibly interesting creative time for the arts. Mediums are blurring the line more than ever before and personally I feel that is a great thing.

Being a painter way before my photographic business, I am now combining the two mediums much more that I did when I hand colored the silver halide prints. Painters hated the photographers when they first started. It was mostly out of fear that there business would be replaced.

I will be giving a program at our next two day seminar and the title is Riding the Merry Go Round. Where ever we got on this fabulous ride, it still keeps going around and it now more fun than ever.

I have always had a hard time with the labels pertaining art. Painter (sub title of the medium) Sculpture (same about medium since bronze gets more respect than ceramic, etc.) and then the photographers with our choice of creating that image. And now that I am putting photography into glass and firing it - what do I call that! LOL

So, just to hold a few more coats - what do you call yourself when introduced by your art= are you an artist, photographer, digital photographer, craftsman, artisan......????