One of the most compelling things about photography, as an art form, is that photographers are limited to the single image. A single moment of time captured, hopefully aesthetically, by a person who’s vision and clarity provide a window into a still moment in time.
As a painter I had the ability to create any atmosphere I wanted with whatever tools and techniques were at my disposal.
That’s taken away from photographers when you think of the photograph in it’s purest form.
This isn’t to say that “pure photography” is the end all be all. I do enjoy looking at digitally manipulated, as well as dark room manipulated, works from stellar artists.
I’m not a photojournalist.
But I think it’s the challenge of working within those limitations that draws me to photography as an art form. Perhaps that’s why I’ve moved away from pixel punishing in the past few years.
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