Photography is one of the most complex amalgamation of creativity, emotion, abstraction, analytical skills, motor skills, knowledge of physics and guts as well.
The fact that photography uses technology that has developed more recently than some other forms of art often confuse this but the fact remains that expressive photography comes from an image that is made, not taken.
It's about capturing an image that conveys the feeling of being there more than simply recording what the photographer saw with his own eyes ... or it can be a particular way of seeing the real world that you never would have found on your own.