How is the artist's role recognized in photography while treating it as visual art?

The artist decides selection, light, angle, and moment

The governing concept is that photography is not produced by a camera alone; it is shaped by artistic intention and visual choice. Before pressing the shutter, the photographer selects the subject, decides what to include or exclude, chooses a viewpoint, considers available or arranged light, and waits for a meaningful moment. After capture, framing and editing may further influence the image. Therefore, option B is correct because it identifies the creative decisions that make a photograph a form of visual art. Option A wrongly gives all agency to the machine, while C denies the many choices involved. Option D is also too narrow: photographs can document events, but they can equally express mood, ideas, beauty, or social criticism.

This is a Class 9 Art Education question. Chapter: Introduction to Art. Topic: Art as a form of expression.