"But in contrast to the screen-based image, the photograph is crudely located in the domain of presence inhabited by the body not only as a seeing mechanism, but as a sensual and active complex.... In its making as well as outcome, the monochrome photograph has as much in common with sculpture as with any other medium. It speaks through an arrangement of form and tone, in ways which defy our customary verbalised categories. So despite (perhaps because of?) its wholesale eclipse within the worlds of fashionable image-making, I still believe that the monochrome photograph invites us to contemplate the world of appearances in resonant and enriching ways."

Yes, heady language but it does say something important to me.  This addresses the artist, the creator who is not the commercial puppet.  Nuff said.  Still, heady or not, an interesting read. (italics added by me)