Bravo! Brava!

Well said Miss Nicky, I applaud you.

I can only assume that people who deem photography to be less than any other traditional artform such as paintings or drawings, haven't had a chance to look at real emotive photography before. Photography (to me at least) is more compelling than other artform because it's more human than any other artform. Photography can capture humanity at it's best and worst in a way that a painting can't possibly hope to do. I am biased, I'll admit that. But there is such overwhelming power and beauty in photography that I can't understand how people could possibly relegate it to a lesser position than any other artform.