The central theme of this paper is the conception of author implied in the contemporary photographic practice. The origin of this interrogation comes from the observation that the recent influential theories about the authorship are elaborated still only in the sphere of discourse or concept. For example, the function of author, advanced by Foucault, is to explain the working of the proper name of the author in the discourse. And yet, what actually is doing an author in his creative work, what kind of practices, and how he becomes an author through these practices? These question will be discussed through the examination of the photography as a specific medium, in the 'place of writing which is generally where the theoretical model is constructed. In the discussion, how the practices of author are represented in images will also be examined through examples. These are the questions raised here. To answer them, the first part of the paper will explore the complexity of the authorship in the photography in its different aspects, and in the second part, go through a much more detailed examination of the practice of German contemporary photographer Thomas Struth as a concrete example, hoping in the concluding part, advance towards a contemporary conception of authorship in relation with artists' practice.