Can the artistic value of photography still exist without creative intention?

The artistic value of photography is inseparable from the creative intention. If a photographic work is to have artistic value, first of all, it must be ideological, artistic and ornamental, among which ideological is the first, that is, creative intention.

There is a saying on the internet that describes people: there are many beautiful skins in this world, but few interesting souls. This sentence also applies to photographic works of art. There are many photographic works with standard composition, reasonable color and ornamental value in the world, but there are few works with real artistic value, let alone those that can be passed down from generation to generation. This fully shows the importance of the creative intention of a work.

Creative intention is the soul of art and ornamental works, and artistry and observability serve creative intention. In the final analysis, if a work wants to have artistic value, it must be inseparable from the author's creative intention. When the creative intention fully reflects the characteristics and requirements of the times, such as the works of the Italian Renaissance, it fully reflects the humanistic thought and characteristics of the times produced by the germination of capitalism. These works have been handed down to the world and become classics because of their distinctive characteristics of the times and the author's clear creative intention.

Photography is no exception. The subject is only the surface of the objective world, and simple shooting can only reflect its surface. What is truly valuable must be worth thinking about and can reflect the nature and laws of things. Photographers endow their works with vitality and a sense of history through their own perception, understanding and observation of the real world, reflecting the characteristics of the times and the inherent essence and development law of things. Such works are truly valuable and meaningful.