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How to classify photography? How to understand creative photography?

The classification of photography has always been a bit vague, and sometimes I don't know which category to vote for when contributing to some film competitions. In fact, this can't blame everyone, but for a long time, the classification of photography has not been done well in China. At one time, domestic theoretical circles never defined the concept of art, nor did they define the concept of photography. We should discuss whether photography is art from time to time. The previous view has always been that photography is an art (I used to think so). After reading the analysis of Tang Dongping's photographic works, I finally got a little understanding in the general direction. At present, the more accurate view is that photography and art are two overlapping concepts, and it is absurd to discuss whether photography is art or not. Photography itself is just a communication tool or means, similar to people who write words and articles. It cannot be said that these people are all engaged in literary and artistic creation. Photography is the same, generally divided into practical photography (such as news photography, industrial photography, etc.). ) and non-practical photography (such as artistic photography). Photography, as an art, is only a small part of photography classification. But when it comes to non-artistic photography, we can also discuss the artistry of works, because all kinds of photography have artistic elements to some extent, but we can't regard them as art just because they don't aim at art.