Same applies to photography. You need millions of images taken, hundreds of hours spend on researching, planning and developing, and thousands of miles traveled, most of the times in vain. Just to do it properly.
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One is creation, the other is capture, kinda similar to AI training off what already exists, actually. I do think photos can be creative and artistic but not sure if it's the same. Degradation of art is a thing, IMO
It’s a different art whatsoever. If the art of painting is deciding what to include, the art of photography is deciding what to exclude. It’s dumb to compare the two.