Is Photography Art, part I/II

Pictorialism: The First Attempt of Photography to Become Art, And How It All Fell Apart

The beginnings of any new discipline, be it in technology, art, design, literature, or even social structure, is always very interesting. People are throwing spaghetti against the wall and observing what sticks and what does not. The same was true for photography in the 19th century after it was invented. For people interested in history, this represents a gold mine of ideas, debates, conflicts, and ways in which they were later…