If photographs are to tell or imply a story

If photographs are to tell or imply a story, they must be about something. Truth, justice, love, or the lack of these things, or the search for these things, are strong universal themes. Loneliness, betrayal, our tendency to self destruct, death. resurrection, the bond of family- all these are strong themes. And the more universal the theme you echo in your image, the more powerful it will be & the broader the audience. If you're thinking that this is little too deep for your style of photography, what about themes like harmony, balance or beauty ?

What about the old versus the new or the past versus the present?