My father always had the assertion that photography had pushed art to become more abstract. It is interesting to hear that he was a man before his time. He used to make his own cameras and thought me all of the processes of developing my own pictures.
For me, photography is a tool and as with all tools it can be used to create good and bad, art and craft. But it is interesting to see the way it has changed peoples perception of reality. The frame can be filled with truth or lies.