摄影自诞生至今已经有近170年历史,在这一过程中斗转星移、时光变迁,摄影各个流派不断形成,其中关于纪实性与艺术性的相互关系问题的讨论大概要比摄影领域的其他问题讨论的更多,纪实性乃摄影的根本属性,确切真实地记录现实乃是摄影的根本长处,而摄影纪实同样具有艺术形象的性质,认识这一点同样重要。事实上维护和反对摄影这两方面问题,半个多世纪以来的争论都属于这个问题的范畴…… Photography has been in existence for almost 170 years since it was founded. In the course of this process, twists and turns, changing times and various genres of photography continue to take shape. The discussion on the interrelationship between documentary and artistic aspects is probably more discussed than other issues in the field of photography It is just as important to know that the reality of photographic recording is the fundamental property of photography. It is just as important to know this. In fact, both the issue of safeguarding and opposing photography have been the subject of more than half a century of controversy.