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Almost from the
moment of its birth, photography began
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staking out
claims in areas that had long been reserved for
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painting.
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Some artists
refused to accept photography as an art form. In
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1862 a group of
French artists formally protested that
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photography was
a soulless, mechanical process, “never
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resulting in
works which could ever be compared with those
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works which
are the fruits of intelligence and the study of art”
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On the other
hand, the invention of the photography caused
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considerable
concern to many artists, who saw their means of
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livelihood
coming to an end. Some even claimed that painting
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was dead.
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Many artists
turned to photography, while some used
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photography as
an artistic aid.
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