Let me start with the sentence- Photography is not an art.Defining an art as the way of dipper expression of oneself and his surrounding I would say that photography is definitely not an art. It is a tool and It is your eye, what you want to communicate, and what use of camera you are able to make, that can create an art.
As a photographer I am not trying to push down photography as the artistic way of expression but I see that percentage of quality photographs is getting lower with everyday. More people are having photo cameras, many of which are digital SLR. So are we all artists. Will our work someday be observed as an artistic expression?
Only few years ago everyone had 35mm photo cameras and there was no question of “how many mega pixels you have”, there was a question of having or not having an eye for photography or about building needed skills. When I talked to people these days, we talked about photography, about different angles of seeing the world, and about where to go and in what kind of weather. Our conversation on technical points would finish on filters that we use.
I am not trying to be sentimental here but sometimes I feel like equipement is taking over the feeling for what we do.
I use personally one with 85 mega pixels. And it has five lenses build in. Also it has Photoshop inside so I don’t have even to look through the lens to make a good photo.-obviously I don't have something like that but sometimes I feel talking with photography passionate that they really think that expensive camera is more important than anything else.
Imagine people in 100 years. How they will react on watching our culture through the photos. Will they think about our silly 10 mega pixels or will they take some of these photos and think about expressions we gave.
I sell my photographic prints on my web site www.mirophoto.com . People buy them, and hang them on the wall. I try to make photos that will remind painted pictures and I am happy when someone appreciates my way of seeing.But is my photography an art? Will it become when I sell 1000 copies of one picture, will it be when someone offer mi exclusive buy for a 1000 euro?
It will become an art only when you will see with your eyes, what I as creator, wanted to communicate with you, whether was it a beautiful landscape, girl on the steps or a Cuban guy living in a times of Castro and smoking huge cigar.At the end I still believe that making a good quality photograph is to “know how”, it is to go out in the rain and wait the correct moment, or sometimes just sit down and wait for a good idea.
I wait for your opinions on this subject
