Quote Originally Posted by Ben H View Post
The subject is not the message.

The subject *conveys* the message.

The image is a mechanism through which a message can be sent through by the creator, the message received and interpreted by the observer. The image itself is not the message, in the same way a car is not the journey.
Thanks for understanding what I said earlier. This is a major part that I did not mention. I agree with this 100% in addition to what I stated earlier. The subject of the image is not always the message, but it does assist us in what type of story we are trying to communicate.