Fridayy

After attending first friday this month, amanda and i came to the realization that there is rarley ever any photography in any of the galleries. I do not know if it is the lack of entries or if photography is just not really considered a true art here. I remember when I was in AFO my freshman year, I was the only one out of all of my classmates in any of my classes that wanted to apply to the photo department. Everyone just thought i was crazy for not wanting to go into sculpture or painting. Tommy White was the culprit for really deterring me from the photo department. He would always tell me that photographers do not really go anywhere and that i could do anything with a sculpture or painting degree. So now when i look back on that year and apply it to the present day when i attend first fridays and only see simple line drawings, paintings, or sculptures, I think about what Tommy said to me. This makes me wonder what art is and what people consider photography, since now anyone off the street could be considred a photographer. So what distinguishes me from them?