Do you actually think photography counts as fine art or is that debate finally settled

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This argument's been going for over a century now and somehow still gets people genuinely heated at gallery openings, curious where people here actually land on it in 2026

My own honest take is that the medium clearly stopped mattering decades ago and the actual question is whether a specific work shows intention, composition and genuine perspective, which photography obviously can and regularly does deliver

Worth separating this from the snapshot versus fine art photography question too, since I think a lot of the skepticism is really about volume and accessibility rather than the medium itself