Fotonimous

Many pictures that have strong impact in your vision of this world and that we have seen during our life spend, are staying anonymous meaning we cannot remember their specific authors. This is often the case because the pictorial message is prioritizing first in term of information and reflection starter on its subject or object. The message overcome the messenger which is, in a way, a right thing because it prevents a bit a form of initial prejudgment that may influence the looker before the picture examination (That is why most photo contests will hide the author and the technical data during the judgement process). 

Yes, photographers as all other artists without restrictions have the right to be renowned for their work but it seems that there is a human tendency to "forget" to understand who, why and how a picture has been taken, processed and shared. To counteract this phenomenon, many photographers will sign-over their pictures creating by this gesture a kind of window that will interpose himself before the picture. Really, I am not found of this way of presenting photos, but some may feel more secure in proclaiming their identity so evidently.

The fact is that we are not owner of a picture subject even if it is done on a pre-arranged set-up. We have the opportunity and the privilege to be able to prolong a specific moment in time of a subject in a determined context. We agree that it takes a certain skill to accomplish that (doing the picture) and it is fair to consider the author contribution as a communicator that have an original interpretation of a subject but this the latter that will often "survived" further in time and will prolong the impact of the pictorial message.