The Photographer as the Apex Artist

Photographers above painters, poets, film directors, etc.

Ultimate versatility

Self documentary
Societal (sociological) documentation
World-transfiguration (you can interpret the world with your lens)
Hybrid of both still and video shooting.
Selfies
Outward looking
Video and audio capabilities
More faith in images and pictures than words and audio (we have more faith in photo-visual-video footage of police brutality than simple hear-say).