Photography and Art

An interesting discussion is going on in the pages of The Guardian on this topic:

It was kicked off by Jonathan Jones having a rant, saying photography is a technology and can never be art:

The $6.5m canyon: it's the most expensive photograph ever – but it's like a hackneyed poster in a posh hotel

 In the comments, a reader points out Jones took the opposite view in an January 2013 article:

Photography is the art of our time

And in another Guardian article,  Sean O'Hagan pours scorn on Jones' views, calling them "quaint" among other things: 

Photography is art and always will be

 I enjoy Jones' rants although I don't agree with him about photography and art and I simply don't "get" some of the art that he thinks is marvellous.