The Work of Art in the Age of Mechinacal Reprodution.

"the resulting change in the function of art art transcended the perspective of the century; for a long time it even escaped that of the twentieth century which experienced the development of the film" (Benjamin, W: Wells, L: The Photography Reader: Pg47).  This quote suggests that people in the 1930's were still debating if photography is an art form.  This has been widely debated, and it still is being debated.  This debate was complicated by the invention of film (moving images), and the argument of whether film is an art form was also debated.