tocar or sacar??
Bill Taffe
However, in the recent issue of Americas magazine, in an article about
the Mexican photographer Alvarez Bravo, the verb "tocar" was used
consistently for "taking a photo" (For ex. "No tome' fotografi'as de
la fiesta en si', ...")
Did the author/editor blow it? Is there a dialect that uses tocar in
this context? In English the verb "make" is frequently used by
serious photographic artists ("I made a photo" rather than "I took a
photo.") Is there a specialized use of tocar/sacar in an artistic
photographic sense as there is with make/take in English?
Bill Taffe
AMA...@auvm.auvm.edu
a hacer una fotografia", or you can also use " Sacar fotos", like " Te voy
a sacar una foto", this is really most common used at least in Spain.
Honestly, Spanish speaking people dont use "Tocar una foto", it is like
"Touch a picture", it does not make much sense, maybe the author is using
a methafora in literature terms, which he might try to mean something else,
depending on the context of the text.
Plinio Barbeito
>In my "school spanish" I was taught to use "sacar" with photograph.
>However, in the recent issue of Americas magazine, in an article about
>the Mexican photographer Alvarez Bravo, the verb "tocar" was used
I think you meant... tomar.
Tocar is for 'discos', not for 'fotos'.
>consistently for "taking a photo" (For ex. "No tome' fotografi'as de
>la fiesta en si', ...")
I've also heard 'tirar' used casually (literally, to shoot or throw).
'Sacar' sounds strange to me, more appropriate for the development rather
than the shooting of the photo, but this may just be a dialect clash.
>photo.") Is there a specialized use of tocar/sacar in an artistic
>photographic sense as there is with make/take in English?
Target your words for the dialect specific to your audience.
I wouldn't worry about it too much, though, most people will assume
you use some different unknown dialect and figure it out via the context.
Happy shooting, er taking...
plin
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Pedro Anquiano-Rojas
>However, in the recent issue of Americas magazine, in an article about
>the Mexican photographer Alvarez Bravo, the verb "tocar" was used
this word is wrong the verb is tomar and it means the same as to take
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>consistently for "taking a photo" (For ex. "No tome' fotografi'as de
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this is correct
>la fiesta en si', ...")
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>Did the author/editor blow it? Is there a dialect that uses tocar in
No it is very natural to say, for instance:
"les tom'e una fotograf'ia a mi padres"
>this context? In English the verb "make" is frequently used by
>serious photographic artists ("I made a photo" rather than "I took a
>photo.") Is there a specialized use of tocar/sacar in an artistic
>photographic sense as there is with make/take in English?
>
>Bill Taffe
Pedro
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Angel Deras
What the article probably used was the verb "tomar" not "tocar."
"Tomar fotos" is the idiomatic phrase used. It is equivalent to "take
pictures."
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Miguel Arriero
you read in that magazine?
It is my understanding that you can use "sacar" or "tomar" indistinctly
regarding the fact of "taking pictures," but I never heard "tocar" in
this context.
"Retocar una fotografia" is to make alterations to the negative of the
picture.
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Miguel Arriero "Caminante, no hay camino; se hace camino al andar"
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