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>The point is that many photography students (led by misguided photography
>teachers) get so involved in the technical aspects of photography and
>print making that technical proficiency becomes the end, rather than
>the means to an end.
And the reverse is also true. I have known students who have
rebelled against the technical aspects of photography as if it would
somehow pollute their "art". And some teachers (a few of mine
unfortunately) who tried to avoid the technical aspects.
Fortunately, those on both ends of the scale tend to stop making
images eventually, as the totally technical become frustrated because they
cannot produce that perfect print, and the totally non-technical just go
away.
But the technically astute can always elect not to use what they
have learned, whilst the technically ignorant, save for the lucky chance,
often cannot produce what they want at all.
mjc5@psu.edu