Friday, May 18, 2012

Why do people say they like “art” and “photography”, instead of just “art”?

Question

Always puzzle me to hear people list photography (in the context of it being art) and something different than art. Is there a reason for this historically?

Asked by blunders

Answer

Not all photography is art, not because it's bad, but because it never meant to be. Some documentary photography may be art, but most isn't. Much photography is just decoration, or otherwise functional, not meant to be art, let alone upper-case a Ahhrt, or Fine Art.

"What is art" is a constant question — in fact, it's a question with no fixed answer, but a continuing conversation. See some of this in the context of photography at What makes "fine art" fine art?

But you don't have to even be concerned with this question to appreciate the craft of photography, as many people do.

And of course, there's no question that there's plenty of art that isn't photography.

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Answered by mattdm

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