Yes. Photography is an art. So is: painting, drawing, writing, singing, playing an instrument, acting and making movies. If a person gets into an art form for anything other than personal artistic pleasure, that person will be disappointed.
Some good musings on what many of us in the part-time artistic field feel. I think it varies a lot by people's personalities as to whether or not external validation is needed, or helpful, or perhaps even a negative. Certainly I'm sure many of us wouldn't mind if we were able to sell enough prints (or videos, or donations, whatever works) to be able to pay for some reasonable portion of the cost of models, studio time, and/or props. But going down that line certainly can lead to stress and distractions from the original artistic joy.
Yes. Photography is an art. So is: painting, drawing, writing, singing, playing an instrument, acting and making movies. If a person gets into an art form for anything other than personal artistic pleasure, that person will be disappointed.
Some good musings on what many of us in the part-time artistic field feel. I think it varies a lot by people's personalities as to whether or not external validation is needed, or helpful, or perhaps even a negative. Certainly I'm sure many of us wouldn't mind if we were able to sell enough prints (or videos, or donations, whatever works) to be able to pay for some reasonable portion of the cost of models, studio time, and/or props. But going down that line certainly can lead to stress and distractions from the original artistic joy.