There are visual artistes who are, for one reason or another, divided on whether or not photography is, or should be considered, fine art. This is where the definition of what fine art is, and what it is not and how photography fits into that particular perspective would typically come in.
However, when we look at beautiful paintings and beautiful photographs alternatively, We wonder why there is any debate at all to begin with. Who would look at graphically beautiful portraits and dismiss the romance in them as anything less than art, and what could they possibly hope to achieve?
