Many interesting points in each article I was very interested in the different looks on arts and how the arts and manufacturing interacted and how manufacturing has made art less unique because it essentially takes art out of time. As was said on page 1 of the first article “Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be.” This refers to the changes that could be made to art works over time from elemental damage or from the change of ownership. Photographs being altered over time or using different development procedures can change the uniqueness of the picture but may also bring out different aspects of the image that were not noticed before. This is a form of mechanical reproduction in a way because the production of a negative into a photograph using chemicals and a process that develops the negative into a picture is a mechanical means. The questioning of photography as art is a question we could discuss for a long long time I firmly believe that within reason most photography can be considered art, I wont get into my specific feelings they deal with field of view, fstop usage, framing of image and even more things I have learned from taking photographs. As for film or as I think would be modern films are not art they fall more in the realm of entertainment because they do not hold a deeper meaning (most of the time) or define a point in history or a culture they are mostly made to entertain and amaze. “The film industry is trying hard to spur the interest of the interest of the masses through illusion — promoting spectacles and dubious speculations” a lot like a magician like was  presented to us in the reading. More of a reason I do not believe that film is not a true art form is that the director has the option at any time to stop the acting and re-shoot the scene with little tweaks. Stage acting has a level of complexity that the actor has to memorize and get it right or their interpretation of right.