Photography is AWESOME
It is like an art form
This is a mechanical film camera
Photography ultimately had a profound and unexpected effect on painting.
Painters mimetic abilities had been improving over the centuries. Many
painters of the 19th century, such as Pre-Raphaelites like John Everett
Millais and Neoclassicists like Ingres, painted depictions of the world
with dazzling realism, more than had ever been seen before. However,
cameras became cheaper, lighter, and easier to use, and grew widespread
among both amateurs and professionals. Realistic photographs became
commonplace by the end of the 19th century. If photorealism could be
reduced to a mechanical process, then what is the artists role?