In our situation two artists presenting their works to art gallery where Baudalaire and the Anonymous author are judges deciding on whether to accept or reject them. Joe submits a photo of the driftwood that he saw when passing by with a title On the Beach, and Moe submits the log itself with the title Driftwood.

Baudalaire as the curator, will not even look at the Joe’s photo no matter what content are in that photo. Photos should not even

be in the discussion with other art mediums like painting. He condemns the popular belief that photos are the perfect art in its ability to produce the most accurate and beautiful pictures. He believes that this mechanical instrument that makes these photos just copies the world around us. It is irrelevant even if the picture has captured the most beautiful thing at one in a lifetime occurrence. On the contrary to the popular belief, artists suppose to portray their imagination of the world. Photography was meant to just reproduce the world and nothing more. If this medium were to integrate with other art then the traditional art will be lost and forgotten. For the photography that is considered the perfect imitation will draw all the attention from, let say, paintings that are less imitative.

Going along the aisle, Baudalaire looking at Driftwood by Moe will also condemn this work for lack of creativity. This work is nothing more than what its title suggests- a wooden log that nature brought it ashore from somewhere else. In his essay on photography Baudalaire set the basic standard when considering something as an art. Moe did not decorated, engraved any marks, or did anything more than what nature already did. Just like in photography, this log even if it had amazing proportions, size, and color it will not have any impact on it being more artistic. Letting the Driftwood to hang on the wall in the art gallery will spur every

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