但在发明摄影术后的几十年里，这个问题反映了对如何将机械媒介融入传统艺术表达方案的探索。

But in the decades following the discovery of photography, this question reflected the search for ways to fit the mechanical medium into the traditional schemes of artistic expression.

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认真的摄影师以各种各样的方式声称自己在寻找、记录、公正地观察、见证事件或者探索自身，而不是制作艺术作品。

Serious photographers variously claim to be finding, recording, impartially observing, witnessing events, exploring themselves—anything but making works of art.

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探索新事物的艺术家容易受到嘲笑和敌意。

The artist exploring the new is liable to derision and hostility.

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