“Is Photography Art?”
Dec 23, 2015
“Is Photography Art?”
“Is Photography Art?”
We must 1st gain a clear definition for 3 important
questions!
► What is art?► What makes an artist?► What is photography?
“Is Photography Art?”
What is an artist?
Someone who creates
Someone who sees the world
differently
Someone who presents a mastery over a technique
Someone who uses vision and skill to create
something beyond the ordinary
Someone who…
“Is Photography Art?”
What is art?
That which forces an aesthetic
response
Art is all around us!
Something beautiful?
Something that has been created using
creative thinking
Something created by an artist
Hmmm…..
“Is Photography Art?”
What is photography?
A process that records pictures
Hmmm…..
Something beautiful?
The result of reflected light
through a lens onto film
Does not have to be done by an
‘artist’
Hmmm…..
“Is Photography Art?”
There is a continuous debate about whether photography can be
classified as art…
???WHY???
“Is Photography Art?”
“The main objection seems to be that it is primarily a mechanical process that handles most of the work—that the photographer has nothing further to do with it, other than some manipulation in the printing of the picture…”
http://thescreamonline.com/essays/essays06-01/rsb_photo_essay.html
“Just as a painting is not art solely because it is a painting, neither is photography an art because it is a
photograph. The 'medium' does not make anything art by definition.”
http://www.outbackphoto.com/tforum/viewtopic.php?TopicID=1401
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME ARTWORK AND MAKE OUR OWN
CONCLUSION!
“Is Photography Art?”
CARRIE MAE WEEMS
“Is Photography Art?”
CARRIE MAE WEEMS vs. KARA WALKER
“Is Photography Art?”
CARRIE MAE WEEMS
“Is Photography Art?”
WEEMS VS CHARLES
“Is Photography Art?”
CARRIE MAE WEEMS
“Is Photography Art?”
BARBARA KRUGER
“Is Photography Art?”
KRUGER VS MARGRITTE
“Is Photography Art?”
BARBARA KRUGER
“Is Photography Art?”
BARBARA KRUGER
“Is Photography Art?”
KRUGER VS MONDRIAN
“Is Photography Art?”
RENEE COX
“Is Photography Art?”
COX VS. SAAR
“Is Photography Art?”
RENEE COX
“Is Photography Art?”
DAVID HOCKNEY
“Is Photography Art?”
HOCKNEY VS. CLOSE
“Is Photography Art?”
DOROTHEA LANGE
“Is Photography Art?”
LANGE VS CASSATT
“Is Photography Art?”
JENNY LENS
“Is Photography Art?”
TINA MODOTTI