To determine if photography is an art depends on a couple of things. For one I think it has to do with the photographers themselves and I say that because different photographers shoot many diverse subjects. Maybe a photographer is shooting commercially or traditionally and in their mind the photo has no artistic characteristics. And then you have the photographers that all they do is shoot there own work for art purposes. It is made to be art.
Another thing is being able to understand art. To the general public a photo is just a photo. It is a pretty picture on a wall with no meaning. With contemporary photography there is always a purpose. Art has purpose and meaning and when changing the medium to photography you shouldn’t change anything. You are creating your own art though your own medium. Photographers’ including Ansel Adams, Cindy Sherman, and the Becher’s changed the way artists, photographers, and the general public view photography. They gave photography a purpose and meaning in their work. It wasn’t just a photo on the wall. Every photo was part of a collection of work that all had the same overall idea.
Now within photography there are several techniques and styles of work. With Black and White everything is created in the darkroom and therefore each photograph produced is unique and always will be. In digital you can create similar effects but the results will always be the same each time that you print. But when editing and creating your own technique and using it to be your trademark that right there is creating art because you are consistently making work that can be shown together with your personal artistic technique.
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