To classify Photography as a piece of art we should first understand what a piece of art is and why it's called so.
A type of visual art
What are the things we generally refer to as "piece of Art" or "matters of Art" or "Art related" or "Artistic"? Reply would include: Poetry, Novel, Music, Dance, Paintings, Sculpture, Theatre, Films and of course Photography. Among these, Poetry and Novel would be further classified as literary arts; Dance, Theatre would be classified as performing arts whereas paintings, sculpture, photography would be Visual Arts.
As art is defined as a human activity which tends to express a view or an emotion in the form of some creations what others can see, hear, touch, feel or experience through the sensory organs, Photography can be a good fit as per the definition.
The photographer wants to express his or her view or how s/he looks at the object through the photograph. In other way the photographer may simply want to highlight a scene in his or her way, the way s/he deems beautiful or important to notice as the case may be. Others can see what the photgrapher has created through his or her camera.
Difference from other types of visual art
Now the point of argument is whether this piece of art is a real creation like other piece of visual art?
What's the minute difference between a paintings, sculpture and a photograph? Well it's not hard to figure out! A photograph is a captured live scene which has happened in the past. The photographer doesn't do the work of recreating any live action. What he simply does is imprint what he or she sees on a medium. this medium is either a digital sensor or a film.
You build a sculpture or draw a painting either copying or getting inspired by what you see in your eyes. But for Photography you don't build anything; you just capture what you see in your own eyes. If you happen to create something, arrange a background only for the sake of capturing it in a frame you design a set for photography. Technically speaking its also a photograph and a piece of visual art.
Photography is a form of art which you don't create but capture
Its a confusing paradox, indeed! If a photographer is not creating anything new from the scratch how can it be called a piece of art? Well, to justify the simple reply would be: what a photographer creates is a "perspective", a way of looking at some object or an arrangement of objects; a vision what may not have existed in the eyes of the viewers. A photograph is that perspective or that vision which comes out from no where!
A type of visual art
What are the things we generally refer to as "piece of Art" or "matters of Art" or "Art related" or "Artistic"? Reply would include: Poetry, Novel, Music, Dance, Paintings, Sculpture, Theatre, Films and of course Photography. Among these, Poetry and Novel would be further classified as literary arts; Dance, Theatre would be classified as performing arts whereas paintings, sculpture, photography would be Visual Arts.
As art is defined as a human activity which tends to express a view or an emotion in the form of some creations what others can see, hear, touch, feel or experience through the sensory organs, Photography can be a good fit as per the definition.
The photographer wants to express his or her view or how s/he looks at the object through the photograph. In other way the photographer may simply want to highlight a scene in his or her way, the way s/he deems beautiful or important to notice as the case may be. Others can see what the photgrapher has created through his or her camera.
Difference from other types of visual art
Now the point of argument is whether this piece of art is a real creation like other piece of visual art?
What's the minute difference between a paintings, sculpture and a photograph? Well it's not hard to figure out! A photograph is a captured live scene which has happened in the past. The photographer doesn't do the work of recreating any live action. What he simply does is imprint what he or she sees on a medium. this medium is either a digital sensor or a film.
You build a sculpture or draw a painting either copying or getting inspired by what you see in your eyes. But for Photography you don't build anything; you just capture what you see in your own eyes. If you happen to create something, arrange a background only for the sake of capturing it in a frame you design a set for photography. Technically speaking its also a photograph and a piece of visual art.
Photography is a form of art which you don't create but capture
Its a confusing paradox, indeed! If a photographer is not creating anything new from the scratch how can it be called a piece of art? Well, to justify the simple reply would be: what a photographer creates is a "perspective", a way of looking at some object or an arrangement of objects; a vision what may not have existed in the eyes of the viewers. A photograph is that perspective or that vision which comes out from no where!
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