Critics , all are Critics

Wow! Really, and how does it matter?   

http://time.com/4351725/steve-mccurry-not-photojournalist/

All images are altered the moment we frame it, to the distortions inserted by choice of lens and so on,

Talk about lack of knowledge of visual language.

Considering the Hu ha over the manipulation of images by Photographer well the moment they frame an image it is manipulated the viewer is manipulated,

The Photographer chooses where to place the subject and uses scale to emphasize what things look like, and so on,

So important to understand:

Line

Form,

Scale

Texture,  

Pattern,

Contrast

Tones

Depth of field

Perspective

To know how you are manipulated everyday  every second by every image you see