It's up to you to decide what it means. You could, for example, photograph some vernacular architecture. Or you could photograph a copy of the Bible written in the vernacular (ie, your local language). The picture itself does not have to be vernacular. But it could be, if you want.
Vernacular really just means local, or peculiar to your particular region. For example, the style of painting in Ethiopian churches could be described as vernacular (http://www.gondarlink.org.uk/country_explored/culture/painting.shtml). It can be applied to naïve or primitive art because a semantic field connects it with provincial and unsophisticated. But if you live in the centre of Paris surrounded by the Louvre then your vernacular is likely to be very sophisticated indeed. Bob > > Same here - I still struggle with vernacularity. > Perhaps one of the more versed vernacularists could enlighten me? > The definitions I found on the web point more towards > involuntarily funny - is that it? > Cheers > Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
