Do You View "Photography As Art"?

I just finished reading an article that proposed the following question:  Do you view Photography as Art?

I'm curious to know how we might rethink the way photography is perceived and transacted as a collectable art form. Sure, you buy art because you like it. Or, if you're buying at the top of the pyramid - for investment. But for those of us who simply appreciate art and collect it for the personal enjoyment that it brings - what is the motivator, the call to action? The image, the photographer, the story, price, size, edition size, print size are all variables, that for the most part, doesn't exist in other forms of contemporary art. And because photography is a reproducible art form, does that mean that collectors interpret the value differently?

What do you think?

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