Photography as a purly utalitarian medium

For a moderator to put some one down is "less than optimal" since the purpose of moderating is to dampen flames not encourage them.  Not that big a deal in this post, but be aware of your role here moderator.

To the OP there is a saying that "boredom is an insult to one's self."  I think there are still many avenues to artistic photography, you just haven't found it for yourself.  I am continually blown away by the quality of photography - artistically - that is available today.  I find current work to be incredibly original and socially utilitarian.  On average, photography has improved leaps and bounds so that very good photos can be achieved by many now, which raises the bar for truly artistic photography.

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Hind sight is always better than foresight, except for lost opportunity costs.