artBob wrote:
Using a camera and post precessing to create an image is certainly photography. With varying degrees of change, an image that began in a camera can be called photography or art, depending on its creator and receiving users.
Usually. for juried exhibitions, a distinction is made between photography and digitally manipulated photos, the former limiting post processing to the darkroom-available tools of dodging, burning, contrast, toning.
In galleries, the dealer and artist decide on advertising, calling the works what they want. Labels are important.
Your piece, I could see, or jury, in a "Photography" show or category. I could also see or jury it in an Art show, where the label would describe it.
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Thank you Bob. I suspected you would have some input on this question.