{"id":115939,"date":"2018-10-15T10:33:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T17:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=115939"},"modified":"2018-10-15T10:40:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T17:40:25","slug":"photography-is-your-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/15\/photography-is-your-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography is Your Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t mind if people like your photos or not. Make photos for “autotelic” reasons (make photos as an end in itself, and for yourself!)<\/p>\n

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Why isn’t photography seen as a legitimate art form in itself?<\/h2>\n

There’s a bias in the photography and art world which doesn’t legitimize photography as art.<\/p>\n

Even with the history of photography (Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Magnum), they said:<\/p>\n

\n We are not artists, we are photo-journalists.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And painters in the art world were intimidated by the camera as a tool which would “disrupt” their livelihood, and thus tried to shun photography as an illegitimate art form.<\/p>\n

Even the world of photography is odd; photographers themselves don’t consider themselves artists. Even worse, many photographers don’t even consider themselves photographers!<\/p>\n

You are a photographer and artist.<\/h2>\n

A photographer is literally someone who makes pictures with light: (photo = light) + (graph = write, draw, scratch).<\/p>\n

Thus if you’re using light to make images, you’re a photographer.<\/p>\n

What is your duty or role as a photographer?<\/h2>\n

Now the more interesting question for us to ask ourselves is this:<\/p>\n

\n What kind of impact am I trying to make upon others with my pictures?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What are you trying to say? What’s your personal philosophy? Do your pictures show your soul? Do your pictures have power and impact?<\/p>\n

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Photography is your art form, and perhaps your primary form of artistic self-expression. You don’t require outside legitimacy. Legitimize yourself!<\/strong><\/p>\n

BE BRAZEN!
\nERIC<\/p>\n

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