“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