Photography shows how far mankind has come. A far cry from painting on cave walls with a stick and animal blood, humans have created a machine that captures life as it happens. Furthermore, vast amounts of digital software – as well as traditional darkroom techniques – have been developed to add further artistic flair to the images they capture.

One person’s preference does not stand for everyone else on the planet.
Many people prefer photography to paintings, or like them similarly, or like neither.

Hyper-realistic paintings aim to reproduce life as accurately as possible.
Movements such as Pictorialism, in the area of photography, aimed to bring it firmly into the category of ‘art’. A wide variety of techniques were employed, from extensive use of filters to etching prints with fine needles, in order to make the resultant images resemble sumptuous oil paintings.
A photograph can be taken in an instant – a painting can take years to finish. A lucky, candid shot can reveal more about a person’s inner self than they even realised themselves, whereas a posed portrait will simply show the angle they want the world to see.