Every so often I run across a word that I just don't like. It isn't a matter of it being critique, misinformed or just plain wrong. It's more a matter of it being pretentious, no a pretentiousness that hasn't been earned. In this case the word was "trite."The context of its use kept coming up in a number of posts I'd been seeing from photographers saying they found bondage photography trite. I'll be the first to admit that it can be just that, but I really do not agree with labels against entire genres. Three times I saw this word used by three different people. One had a decent portfolio while the others displayed work obviously derivative of other photographers. Odd that they would call something trite when their work appeared to be mostly derivative and redundant. The individual with the decent portfolio had some great work but their front page had a sepia tone image of them with an old camera taking a picture of someone. Like I haven't seen that image 400 times. One word used three times, twice by people with hackneyed portfolios and once by an individual with the most over-used image in the history of modern photography. Trite.
The moral for me is that most things derive from an inspiration born from something else. That doesn't make it trite or less compelling if there is a vision and real work that goes into realizing that vision. I would add that one person's trite is another person's fresh. To label an entire genre as trite, right or wrong, shows ignorance of that genre. Artists that limit themselves in that way stunt themselves for art is about opening minds, not closing them.
That said, open your minds to the wonderful JJ Plush. I do a regular hogtie challenge and when she accepted she got the business. Over 350 feet of rope, a 3 inch ballgag, breast bondage and a really jacked hogtie will keep a girl out of trouble. She did manage to get her shoes off though. Check out JJ in Gag from Hell with a Hogtie to Match if any of that tickles your fancy!
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