A few words about the question of whether photography is art or not: I never understood the question.
Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the 'ah-ha'.
Every work of art has its necessity; find out your very own. Ask yourself if you would do it if nobody would ever see it, if you would never be compensated for it, if nobody ever wanted it. If you come to a clear โyesโ in spite of it, then go ahead and donโt doubt it anymore.
Don't park... Arrival is the death of inspiration.
Refine your senses through the great masters of music, painting, and poetry.
The camera only facilitates the taking. The photographer must do the giving in order to transform and transcend ordinary reality. The problem is to transform without deforming. He must gain intensity in form and content by bringing a subjective order into an objective chaos.