Photography today is a main part of life.  The average human being can encounter at least 1000 camera images each day.  People say that photos preserve personal memories and inform us of social events.

    To observers in the 19th century photography seemed to be able to capture the world a nd describe it like painting and drawing did.

    Photography has a big role in the visual arts.  Photography has been described as a modern art because of its newness.

"The big artist keeps an idea on Nature and steals her tools."
Thomas Eakins