Squabbling with Big Brother

A shorter article regarding the place photography takes in the
art world today, circling around an old question: ""The relation
between painting and photography''. The postmodernist claim that
""photography is just another form at the disposal of artists''
is discussed from two angles of view. First historically seen,
photography is essentially different to the other visual arts.
The author cites here an article by Rosalind Krauss ""Tracing
Nadar''. On the other hand, photography and painting have shared
far more than acknowledged, as Gundberg and Gauss' conclude in
their exhibition ""Photography and Art'': ""The boundary between
photography and painting is blurred''. The author himself
concludes that photography is perfectly legitimate on its own
terms.


Citaten:
Krauss, R.: Tracing Nadar
Gundberg, A. / Gauss: Photography and Art