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comment by ButterflyEffect
ButterflyEffect  ·  3289 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Photography is an Art?

    The key differentiator is intention.

I agree. Here's a question for you - if the intention is to create a product to be sold, is that still art? If I make a painting under the premise of being able to market it and sell it, with everything else being secondary, is that still art? Same thing with photography and music, if the intention is consumer-based, is that still art?





thenewgreen  ·  3288 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think the only person that can answer that question is the creator. If they feel that their work is art, then it's art. I, as the consumer of the "art" can disagree or think that it's worthless, but in the end, it's their creator that knows the intention.

I think we can get too caught up in definitions.