There is a whole lotta room for artists using photography as the basis from which they come out, going towards graphics, illustration, even painting (I mean painting using real canvas, real brushes and real paint, not digital painting). I, for one, am very interested in using my photography for illustration, collages and composites. I experiment quite a bit with that. Since the late 70s, I have been keeping a book of my projects and adding to it throughout all those decades. Until now, I just scratched the surface in realizing those projects. Many dreams, philosophical thoughts and such esoterica never had been put in words by me - not to mention putting them in images. But I'm getting there. It is my most personal and treasured work...
I'm sure one day you'll see clearly what you want to do with your photography. Anybody who treats their hobby with passion, gets there. Unless they start working professionally as a photographer
. Usually that is the end of passion and artistic creativity and the start of a rat-race and conformity (but not always, so there's hope).
