HT0886 - You'd Best Tell Them It's a Metaphor

In Guy Tal's book More Than a Rock, he divides photography into either representational imagery or creative imagery. Using a camera to reproduce what the world looks like is, by far, the most common use of photography. So if your project uses photography to create a metaphor, it's a good idea to tell your audience that. Otherwise you run the risk of them interpreting your image as strictly representational.