Are we just wasting our time.

I read an article that had an embedded video which featured two photographers discussing social media viewers of their work. The title of the article was “No one cares about your photography. (And that is okay), find the article here . What I thought was interesting was I didn’t get that thought watching the video. Just because you may not get the comments or “likes” on photographs which you share on social media as you do others does not mean that “no one cares”.

To me, art is meant to be shared and viewed by others. If we go to an art museum there, for the most part, isn’t a spot or location where we can post our “likes” or comments but that doesn’t mean we don’t care.

If we don’t share our work outside of our “circle of friends” we continue to live in a closed environment and may never grow or progress as artists. It isn’t that we are interested in producing work to please others but rather may gather information that helps us produce better work and grow.

So, are we wasting our time sharing our work when seemingly no one comments or gives us likes? I don’t think so. I do my photography for me to share with others. If only a handful of people like it that is fine, whether or not they say they like it or not is also fine.