Digital BW, The Print

And this is the very reason photography had such a difficult time being 
recognized as a legitimate art form. It sill is not recognized as a 
legitimate art from in all quarters. I agree there tends to be too much 
concentration on technique rather than content and we must somehow 
"return to simplicity" to revive the artistic side.

Truman

Sanders-Herring wrote:

> (snip)
> "This led me to ask in a previous post what other
> people felt contributed
> most to the 'quality' of their images.  Among the
> good advice there was some
> great advice: that I may be focusing too much on
> equipment.  Instead of
> buying a LF camera I bought a Holga and relaxed."
> (end snip)
>
> Someone once said that the difference between
> painters and photographers is that painters can
> get together for more than 3 minutes without
> talking about brushes.
> The problem seems to be that photography is so
> equipment intensive that "art" often takes a
> backseat to "craft".