If you think about it, we're editing our photos before we take them as well as after. We edit the idea, the mood, the story, the angle, the time of day, the weather, the film, the camera settings, the lens, the mirror, the shutter, etc. etc.
Then "click" it's on film. And we edit the negatives with chemicals to develop then, edit them by scanning them, edit them in computer software.
The photograph is a process, and the process from beginning to end is the art. Don't worry, any produce good art with the tools you have. Tell everyone who hates: GFY