in search of ugly

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It's not particularly important to know what this image is of. I'm simply wondering how far ugly can be taken. It's not very difficult, I suppose. But how far am I going to willingly look for the unattractive in order to prove a point? As photographers we spend half a lifetime looking for "pretty" compositions. What happens when that criteria is abandoned? Is it simply that people stop looking? It's not that simple - no. After all, there is the phenomenal success of Damien Hirst. The art critic  Robert Hughes

...attacked the artist for "functioning like a commercial brand", making the case that Hirst and his work proved that financial value was now the only meaning that remained for art.

At my level, there's not even that. So what is the point of doing "ugly?" It's all an exercise to see what happens. What is done today leads to something else tomorrow that might be of more interest. One foot in front of the other. But will we recognize "it" when we get there?