I've always thought photography is not so much of an art form but a way of communicating and passing on information.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Photography is a kind of virtual reality, and it helps if you can create the illusion of being in an interesting world.
Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is essential for them to be taught the real meaning of art.
But if you're talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty deep questions about why it is you want to take pictures and what it is you want to say.
Photography is about finding things. And painting is different - it's about making something.
The arts equally have distinct departments, and unless photography has its own possibilities of expression, separate from those of the other arts, it is merely a process, not an art.
If you judge everything by how photographically real it looks, then you're missing out on a lot of what art is about and what communication is. There are ambiguities in life, and that should be reflected in art, cinema, and storytelling, I think.
To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
I understood the craft of photography when done by an artist is art.
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.