The Arts Equally Have Distinct Departments, And Unless Photography Has Its Own Possibilities Of Expression, Separate From Those Of The Other Arts, It Is Merely A Process, Not An Art.

The Arts Equally Have Distinct Departments, And Unless Photography Has Its Own Possibilities Of Expression, Separate From Those Of The Other Arts, It Is Merely A Process, Not An Art.

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The arts equally have distinct departments, and unless photography has its
own possibilities of expression, separate from those of the other arts, it
is merely a process, not an art.
-- Alfred Stieglitz, circa 1895, about the Romantic-Impressionist school
of photography

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