Photography is as much an art form as anything else is. A badly composed half well exposed photo is as artistic as a child's crayon coloring. But a Well composed thought-out, and exposed photograph can stand up against any Renoir or Picaso. So, is photography art? Yes, and the fact that we are still discussing this subject in our society after so long is insulting. I mean when computer based graphics can along did ANYONE raise the question of "Is it art?" Yes some did, assuredly. But they don't talk about it anymore. It's my personal belief that the only people who don't think Photography is an art form, are those who can't figure out why their POS/PHD camera can't make wonderful photos, nor do they even consider that there is anything like composition involved. I'm getting far to pulled into this, I've said enough. Brian Blankenship B & N Graphics http://www.bngraphics.com "Under God" And "In God We Trust" "You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." ~ Robin Williams "Freedom was attacked today by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended." ~ George W. Bush 9-11-2001 "To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson "Not all who wander are lost..." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien "Simplifying a Composition - One time when Ansel was shooting in the Sierras with some friends, he came away from his camera and walked into the scene. He grabbed a hold of a tree limb, ripped it off the tree, and tossed it aside. When his more environmentally concerned friends made an uproar, he simple stated that it did not belong in the picture." ~ Ansel Adams Autobiography
