Photography

Sorry but I am going to have a little rant and moan now. I like photography but there are a few things that really annoy me in this discipline. Firstly, there are a lot of people who think they are good at photography or believe they are photographers. These people take millions of pointless photos that just look "cool" or even "cooler" in black and white. I also have a dislike for photographs that have no purpose, in  my opinion. For example, taking random photos of plants that represent a business park or a shed that represents a home etc. Sometimes I can kind of understand the meaning but never know why they have done it, there is no need. Don't get me wrong, I love photography in advertising and marketing. I have put up some action/sport photographs up because they look good aswell as having a purpose. These photos tell a story and produce a memory of that particular event and often can portray the whole event/result with just one image, who won and who lost for example, as there is often so much passion captured in the image. I also admire that these moments have not been set up or man made, you have only a split second to capture that particular moment in time and if missed it is impossible to recreate. I am slightly biased because I do like sports but If a photograph has no purpose then why is it there at all?