Abstract vs Experimental vs Conceptual: Stop Using Them Wrong

If your artist statement calls your work 'conceptual' when it's really just blurry and moody, editors and gallerists notice — and not in a good way. Knowing the difference between abstract (how it looks), experimental (how it was made), and conceptual (what it's arguing) is the kind of vocabulary that separates photographers who get taken seriously from those who don't.