Before it was developed as an artform, earlier photographs were often used as reference material for other woodprints or drawings to be made. The first picture, attributed to Mathew Brady, was later recreated as a wood engraving by John Macdonald. The original provided the illustrator the evidence needed to reinvent the image with the wood-engraved line, as well as document the event.
Similar to the illustration above, in Chuck Close's paintings, he uses a photograph, which he then creates into a grid so he can create photorealistic paintings, as well as his newest paintings, which from afar, the blotchy shapes create one cohesive image.
This shows that though, now, photography has become an art form in it's own, it is still used as reference material for a more traditional medium.
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