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this is not a rant, but I have somewhat of a problem with the equality of the playing field of ARTISTS vs. PHOTOGRAPHERS.
I would be one of the first to affirm and recognize photography as an art form. Think of the greats.... Ansel Adams, Henri Bressai, the Westons,Dorothea Lang to name a few. The amount of work involved in getting from inspiration to print took not only hours and days but tons of equipment. Darkrooms, enlargers, chemistry-a tremendous investment, to say nothing of the loss from bad prints or underexposed film,plus the time and the waiting process. The technological innovations today make everyone an outstanding photographer and have raised many thousands of people to a celebrated level. Just by snapping the shutter.It took years for the greats to perfect their craft, and and to develop an understanding of multiple complex and difficult segments of this process. It would do well for these photo people to look hard and long at some of the paintings on the webs here; not a one of them was achieved with the instantaneous snap of a shutter. The work and achievement of many of these people is astounding and is taken for granted by most of the spectators on this website. even what many consider to be primitive or naive work is a collection of discipline and hours of execution for each and every piece. Not ten minutes of photoshop. So think twice when you start thinking of dissing some art that doesn't compare to your liking of a photo
This is why I stringently restrict photography from contests I facilitate, and why I gladl;y start a second or third contest exclusively for photography
