Realism, Modernism and Postmodern

Running Head : PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN ART

The Significance of Photography as an Art (Name (University (Professor (Subject / Corse Title -Section (Date

The Significance of Photography as an Art

The advent of photography in the 19th century created a remarkable achievement in transforming the works of imagination and visualization of figures and objects into an astounding work of art . The images of the moon , the stars and the environment on this planet would not have been captured and formed into a precise photographic imagery without the use of photography . Remnants of history including

significant events historic buildings and structures and world-famous personalities are kept in archives with the use of photography and even when they deteriorate and rot , their photographic memories will account for their incontestable existence

theless , photography has been criticized in terms of its adherence to the standards of art . Gratacap believes that photography is too limited to be considered as an art since the expression is confined with the lenses and the photographer has no control in most part (Sternberger , 2001 . Sternbereger quoted John Moran `who insisted that there is an affinity between painting and photography wherein they share the same formal language of art . This language is the form of expression that can be seen in an art (Adler and Weismann , 2000 . Moran (as quoted from Sternberger ) argued that both painting and photography has `common ends and address the same sentiments ' which placed photography as a visual art itself

Much has been done to legitimize photography as...