You can choose to be hyper literal if you wish but don't expect me to engage you further. There is much more to photography then pointing and shooting. just like there is more to painting than brushing paint onto a canvas.

If you are going to use terms like 'hyper literal", I hope that you don't engage me further. When you are a truly a natural artist, cameras make it easier to produce art.

Okay, I'm reading this conversation and trying to imagine the both of you in a room discussing this. It seems to me that it's just a matter of two different opinions regarding photography as an art form, and the extent of photography for it to be construed as art.

I hope that this difference of opinion doesn't effect any future topics on the forum.

@just @Jason

they wont I found the ignore button lol

That's the way I imagined it.

This topic will never lose relevance!

I'm not fulfilled that it is.

Am I right?

Photography is an art because of how it represents, how it communicates and transmits ideas.

The question should have been: "Why Isn't Photography Art"

I get this comment all the time simply because I'm an artist first, photographer second and I tend to blend the two together. When one post my images in a photography type forum, I'm met with resistance and criticism. Yet post these same images in an art forum etc, My images are welcomed as an art form and not just a picture taken with a camera.