Yesterday, I wrote about photography as an art. Today, I want to talk about photography as fine art. There are many genres of photography and of all those genres the vast majority can be fine art. Fine art is often defined as work that is purely created to be aesthetically pleasing. Wow! Based on that definition most of what I and likely you create is fine art! Isn’t that awesome!
I used to dislike the terms, art is subjective and my photography, my art. The more I have thought about it, these terms are true regardless of whether or not I like or dislike them. Have you ever walked around a museum of art? I have many times. There are all sorts of art inside. Have you ever had a small child draw a picture for you? Was that art? And many of these works were created purely to be aesthetically pleasing. Of course, it was. See where I’m going with this? Art is in the eye of the beholder.
We are many times fine artists. We create works to be pleasing to the eye. Don’t let others define you, we have already done so. Go create my friend, you are truly a fine artist.
Photographer Clay 
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