charlotte cotton: photography as contemporary art: if this is art

charlotte cotton: photography as contemporary art:
chapter 1: if this is art: strategy or happening orchestrated by the photographer for the purpose of creating an image. Directing an event specially for the camera. The act of the artistic creation begins before the camera is held in position, starting with the planing of the ideas.
examples: philip-lorca dicorcia, sophie calle, tatsumi orimoto, helen van meene.