The good image

What is an image, actually? What does it do?

Is every photo automatically an image?

And then, when is it "good"? So often, images are called "good" – what is actually meant by that? If an image is "good", is it universally good, or could it be "not good" for someone else?

What makes an image "good" or not?

Is there even something like "a good image"?

Photography is such a wide field... there is hobby, there is documentary, there is professional... press, advertising, art... digital or analogue, portable or bulky...

Everybody is clicking away – but why are you actually doing it?

I wonder if you also seek answers to these questions?