When something is reproduced for so many times is that art? What's the importance of the mechanical reproducibility of the art? What was the impact on mechanical reproducibility on the society?

If something is reproduced a lot of times, technically speaking it is still art. The importance of mechanical reproducibility of art is to allow innovation. It helps educate and enlighten to produce new and exciting art. We learn from others achievements and drives us to generate better and a more remarkable artwork.

Is photography art, or contribution to the art? Is it just a tool used by artists?

I believe photography is an art because someone has to be skillful and knowledgeable enough to capture art. It’s like comparing an amateur to a professional. For example if you were to capture a photo of an egg, how would you do it? The amateur would probably think, there’s nothing special about this egg and just take a snapshot of it. But the professional would be mindful enough to add lightning, backgrounds and different flashes to add more depth into the subject.

How and why Henry Pitch Robinson created Fading Away? What was the reason?

Henry intended to capture a picture of a grieving family over the coming death of their daughter because he wanted viewers to see the emotion the family was going through. The photo was created by Robinson’s imagination, which many viewers felt the scene was quite painful to be rendered as art.

Photography has impacted the world of art and influenced some changes in the area of accessibility to art. If mechanical reproduction created revolution, what is happening now with the digitalization?

Digitalization allows us to change and alter images with ease which was not attainable in the past due to technology. Because some images do not exist in this world it allows us to bring our imagination to life to produce new works of art. Digital creativity allows people to create new and unsought of ideas to life