I recently stumbled upon this great blog, website, photographer -- Guy Tal. He photographs VERy well, but he also write very well.
http://guytal.com/
http://guytal.com/wordpress
The Michelangelo Challenge
An aspect often overlooked in the making of photographic fine art is the role of the artist. To many it would seem self evident that it took a great creative mind to conceive a great painting or to make a great sculpture; but when it comes to photography the camera still gets far more than its fair share of the praise at the expense of the photographer.
Part of the reason, in my opinion, is the perception that creating art with a camera is in some way easier than doing so with a brush or a chisel. I would agree that rendering the image using photographic equipment is faster, cleaner, and yes even easier than doing so with other instruments but in the making of art those are trivial considerations at best.
To put a finer point on it - consider the difference between modern power tools and those that were available to artists of the Renaissance. Next time someone puts it to you that photographic art is in some way inferior to other forms because of the tools used, challenge them to pick up any tool they want at the nearest Home Depot and to re-create Michelangelo’s David.
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