Photography Isn’t Art. Until It Is

There is nothing that separates a password mugshot from a photography master piece: you can use the same camera for both, the same lens, the same location. The physical objects (file or print) are identical. So what is the difference?
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Photography Isn’t Art. Until It Is

◈ Photography Isn’t Art. Until It Is

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The Life of Others

I took this photo a good while back. I was arriving in Paris by train, and a commuter train overtook us (for some reason I was allegedly in…

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Photographer Focus #6: Gerda Taro

I first came across Gerda Taro’s work years ago as I was investigating claims that Capa didn’t actually land on Omaha Beach with the first waves (come back…

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Paws in the sand

I posted this photo last week as my contribution to Aminus3’s photo prompt: minimal. I thought I might as well explain it here.

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