As a teacher, I like the idea that anybody can be taught anything. It just takes time, though, and possibly hard work. Barring fundamental disability, I do like the idea that anybody can do anything, that it's just a matter of dedication. This is every teacher's faith. We must repeat it to ourselves quite frequently until we believe it
However.... (!) as someone who like to try to find new things to photograph and new ways to do that, I also sort've like the notion that maybe I see things that others don't. And I certainly see students who find the technical stuff trivial. It is amusing to watch them progress more rapidly than their colleagues and wonder how they do it. More often than not I conclude that it is all a matter of enjoying the learning process.
But on the topic of "gifted" photography: it seems to me that we only know who the gifted photographers were/are because they were/are able to sell prints!
That means that in addition to being able to see, these photographers are also able to communicate in a not-too-lofty language that a fair quantity of viewers can appreciate.