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10 Reasons Why Photography Sucks and Isn’t an Art Form

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-06-20T08:32:30 in Photography Articles, with these tags: art, lists, myths, photoshop, rants, 4 Comments.

The wishing well

“I wish photography could be an art form. I love it so much, but it’s just too easy. If only there were some way to mentally cripple the majority of the population from being able to take beautiful photos, or if I could make the craft so needlessly difficult to only be accessible to a tiny few. Maybe then I can trick others into thinking I have talent where there is none. Oh photography, why must you be so simple and uncomplicated!”

We’ve been tricked—all of us—into believing that photography is an art form requiring skill, …