Secrets:
‘Not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others.’
| synonyms: | confidential, strictly confidential, top secret, classified, restricted, unrevealed, undisclosed, unpublished, untold, unknown, uncommunicated, |
masks, disguises, camouflage, costumes
Codes:
‘a system of words, letters, figures, or symbols used to represent others, especially for the purposes of secrecy.’
| synonyms: | cipher, secret language, secret writing, set of symbols, key, hieroglyphics; coded message, cryptogram
“a message in code”
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Conventions:
‘a way in which something is usually done’
| synonyms: | custom, usage, practice, tradition, way, habit, norm;
rule, code, canon, punctilio;
accepted behaviour, conventionality, propriety, etiquette, protocol, formality,
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or ‘an agreement between states covering particular matters, especially one less formal than a treaty’
| synonyms: | agreement, accord, protocol, compact, pact;
treaty, concordat
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• rules, rituals, etiquette, procedures, conformity, oppression
Photographers to research:
- Donovan Wylie
- Ishiuchi Miyako
- Luke Fowler
- Jerry Uelsmann
- Lara Zankoul
- Mari Mahr-conventions