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Oscar Wilde and Salvador Dali had a lot in common.
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First i would argue that yes photography can be art. I go into galleries all the time both major and small and artists are showing photos and present them as part of their art.
I dont think there are many major works of photographic art, but their are certainly lots of artists using the medium. The real argument is what is art, and thats a complicated debate, i refer to grayosn perrys reith lectures for a very accesible and reasoned case, but ultimately comes down to many things, does the artist say it is, does it feel like it is, does it look like it is, does the person who makes it call it a piece of art, does it cost alot of money, is it in a gallery etc etc. unfortunately you wont get many straight forward answers,and you have to ask a lot of questions but somewhere in their youll find some sort of idea |
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For me photography is a medium. A medium that can be used if required to produce art. Photography can be used for all kinds of other things, like for example, science.
Paint is a medium that can also be used to produce art, or it can also be used to prevent metal from corroding. Photography is a medium and Art is a communication process. Not the same thing, not mutually exclusive. Photography can be used to produce art if that's what's required by the artist. Whether or not a given photo is good art or bad art is another question. Fine Art is art that has no purpose other than to communicate a meaning or emotion usually through an aesthetic.. In other words it's not marketing, science, illustration etc.. or has any other ancillary purpose. A Fine Art photograph has no other commercial or ancillary purpose. Last edited by Jon Janson; 30th January 2021 at 10:37 PM. |
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