I'm quickly learning that over the years, photography has been approached in two ways: either by artists who are interesting in testing and experimenting with photography and by photographers who are interested in technique and its effects on the photograph.
It's quite interesting that photography has this bent: that it is both a technical discipline and a conceptual one. Of course, one could say the same of painting – that mastery of basic principles is important before you go avant garde, but I guess I am surprised that there is more to it than just clicking the camera to achieve your desired effect.
What also surprises me is that – because it is a relatively new discipline – it is not as widely researched by photographers looking to contextualise their work beyond the documentary or the technical. The aesthetic supersedes the concept.
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