JT Spunk | Photography

Is photography really a form of art?

I’ve always thought of real art as drawing, painting, making music and whatnot.

That is not true. More recently cameras can do more than they used to but a true artist does not use a simple digital, auto-focus camera. They adjust the focus, the lighting, choose the right setting, subject, pose, etc to create the mood and story they want to convey to the viewer. If you think about the fact that a picture tells a story, someone put thought into how you would view that photograph and what that story would be. That is what makes photography an art form just like drawing and painting. It still takes a lot of creativity to make a beautiful, interesting or thought provoking composition or to see the beauty is something so mundane that you elevate it to the level of art by making it the subject of a photograph.

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