Just as with all new art forms which are hard to categorize, categorization is only for the sake of convenient discussion. In fact most artists involved in alternative photography really don't care whether their works should or shouldn't be called photographs, nor do they call themselves photographers.
如同所有難以被歸類的新藝術，分類只是便於討論，事實上大多數在另類攝影中創作的人，並不在意自己的作品該不該叫攝影，也不自稱是個攝影家。