Does your art send a message?

Does your artwork send a message? Or is it merely attempting to be a two-dimensional copy? What, if anything, do you want your photographs to say to the viewer? I will try to send a message with my photographic art. I may not always succeed in relating the intended message. Just like written or spoken words the actual message can often be missed or misunderstood. One way I have learned to help convey the intended message of my artwork is by titling each piece.

I haven’t always done so and I often still fail to give my work a title or caption, but I realize the importance of doing so. One of my goals, aside from getting more photography done, is to title and/or caption my works. I have also learned that it is important to give an artist statement, about your general work and about each photographic project. Doing so, I have come to understand helps to deliver the message I, as an artist, intend to relay to the viewers of my work.