Category Archives: 10/6 Assignment

Those who oppose viewing photography as art base their opinions on the notion that photography is just simply a mechanical process. The job of the artist is simply to press a button and voila, your camera has done the job … Continue reading →

In my opinion, photography is most definitely an art. It seems that a common argument made against photography being an art is that science (specifically the camera) does all of the work instead. Many believe that it does not take … Continue reading →

I must say that photography is an incredible form of art. However, photography as an art must be (in my opinion) able to express the photographer’s own aspect/emotions/ideas of that image. The photographer must be able to display his/her work … Continue reading →

Photography as an art Photography has evolved immensely since it was first conceptualized. What started as a way to quickly get someone’s or something’s image on a flat surface has become a whole new category of what I think is … Continue reading →

Photography has many uses. It can be used to preserve memories, to capture special moments, to tell stories, to send messages, to be used as a source of entertainment and even be used in the sciences to record experiments. If … Continue reading →

I think that technology becomes an art when the photographer ceases to take “snapshots” and uses his or her vision accompanied with an artistic process to create a photograph that isn’t simply a copy of something they see but that … Continue reading →

To me, photography is a form of art. Art is any product of individual creativity that has the ability to influence and affect the senses and emotions of an audience. Photography, therefore, is art in that it allows a photographer, … Continue reading →

Photography is most definitely an art from. Like painting, photography involves both technique and creativity. Photography is just as tedious as any other art form. The photographer has to pay attention to lighting, distance and angle. The photographer has a … Continue reading →

One of the first things we did in my photography class back in high school was explore the difference between snapshot photography and “artistic” photography. We learned that snapshot photography involved little to no preparation in things like framing, lighting … Continue reading →

The power of photography to illuminate details in the mundane and to completely transform the nature of its subject was shown throughout the MoMA. Minute pieces of dust and cotton became voluminous clouds, and the silhouettes of local statues in … Continue reading →