Like other forms of expression, photography is sometimes art, sometimes craft, and sometimes just a grabbed image. The fact that photography uses technology that has developed more recently than some other forms of art often confuse this but the fact remains that expressive photography comes from an image that is made, not taken.
Let's look at some other forms of "art". There are the Chinese factories that produce art in an assembly line wherein each person along the line applies a single brushstroke to the canvas. The end result can be pleasing to the eye and evoke an emotional response. Likely the original work was far more expressive in each stroke and more of an artform. But, I'd have to classify the factory copy process as craft.... skilled work but a dim copy of the original's emotion.
Photography can be that way too. Consider some of the portrait work of Clarence Sinclair Bull style who was famous for Hollywood studio shots. Check out the book, 'The Man Who Shot Garbo', and you will see numerous examples of his work and I recommend this to anyone looking to gain some knowledge
of classic studio shots. The other person to look at is George Hurrell. Their lighting, poses and other techniques led to highly expressive photographs. You can feel the subject's attitude portrayed in the image. In landscape, consider the work of Ansel Adams whose images are familiar to almost everyone. The image wasn't simply captured, it was manipulated in a way that captured how it feels to be there. And the setting can be part of the expression like white orchids in snow. No way that is happenstance but what a beautiful expression of purity.
Other times you are doing something with photography that captures a fleeting moment. The man jumping over a puddle in France. That Olympic moment. Is it art? Or is it a finely honed craft skill? It's really a bit of both.
I appreciate the fine flow of line and brush on media but I also feel the art in photography.
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