Why does a painting have more value than a photograph?

It's the functional value , the tecnique and the "originality" .

Photography's first and most common use is documentation . Art Photography is new somehow , and it needs more time to get popular .

Also there's tecnique , and painting requires lot more work and training than photography , that's true . Although I must mention that there are some photos developed in the old tecniques , like silverplate , that could cost more than a 2m x 2m professional painting .

And there's the time needed to finish your artwork , and usually painting needs more time until the oil colours dry up . Professional photography also needs a good amount of time , it's not just click and Voila ! here's your photo!

Yet the biggest cost factor lies in this : when you have a painting , it cannot be duplicated , and it's whole value comes from being unique . While in photography , you can have an unlimited number of copies made from the same negative film . More people can have the same photo , but it's value drops .

Well, I'll try to give you a different point of view, mostly because I'm a photographer myself.

I agree with the fact that it takes a lot to make a painting live. There's no question there. But as a photographer, there's just something about capturing an event, a person...a moment in history. Painters can express themselves with hours, days of work on one piece. I can do it in a fraction of a second with any lens of my choice. Wide angle, telephoto, you name it. I admit, it's almost like cheating.

But there's an idea under all of this: the photgrapher's intent, and the painter's intent. Taking a picture of a soldier in Iraq eating dinner isn't generally considered artistic. Taking a picture of a soldier in Iraq, holding a dying Iraqi child while crying is considered artistic...and it's considered powerful.

The thing is, any painting is artistic. I say so because of the effort involved. It takes a lot of patience and talent to paint. Then again, it takes some of that to capture a moment as well.

It's an argument that really shouldn't be discussed, because no one should be making the comparison in the first place. You don't have to travel to Iraq to paint a picture of an American soldier doing his job. Heck, you can do it in your bedroom. If you've got a camera and an SD card, though, get your plane ticket while it's cheap.

As I said, they're two completely different things, both involving effort...but above all, I think they both have passion, power. I've seen paintings make people cry. I've seen photographs make people cry.

Paintings are worth more because it takes more to complete them. What costs more, a cloth couch that's been manufactured by machines and assembled by people in a factory or a couch from Italy that's been built and carved by one man for two weeks? Which has the better artistic quality, if you can call it that?

You see photographs in history books. You see paintings in museums.

You really can't compare the two.

paintings tend to have more value than photographs because a painting is not reproduceable. if a print of a photograph is a one of a kind (like if the negative has been destroyed), then its value jumps significantly. also, photography is a much newer artistic tradition. painting has been around, and has been highly regarded, for thousands of years. photography has been around for not yet 150 years, and it hasnts been considdered a fine art for that long at all. so its a matter of tradition, materials, time spent, and uniqueness of the object that sets its value.

I encourage you to try to paint a photograph. Then there is no need for words to answer your question.

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Personal touch.

Painters stylized their works with feeling, emotion, techniques and years of their lives experience.

That is why paintings are being appreciated more than photographs.

one button click get u a photo.

brushes colors many techniques brings u a painting so it's more value.

because a lot of people do not see photography as an art. so they see it as more an act of luck when catchin something eye opening as opposed to someone making the image from their bare hands.

Try antique roadshow. I think they have a website. Just google it. They also should have a submission form !