What twists and turns has photography gone through for art?

Photography has really developed into an independent art and has gone through a tortuous road. 150 years ago, when photography entered the art field as an art form, it encountered all kinds of criticisms. At the beginning of photography, people praised and lamented its wonderful nature, but at the same time rejected its artistic attributes, especially those second-and third-rate portrait painters who lost their value because of the appearance of photography. They believe that photography can only be a slave to art, and photographers are only technicians and craftsmen. People look at photography with the habit of painting and think that photography is technical rather than artistic. In order to get rid of the status of skilled craftsmen, photographers have to try their best to imitate the painting effect, and many painters who switch to photography are not satisfied with the objective reproduction ability of photography itself, but also pursue the painting effect in their creation.