When I consider what to photograph, one word comes to mind more than any other.

aspiration |ˌaspəˈrā sh ən|
noun
1 (usu. aspirations ) a hope or ambition of achieving something : he had nothing tangible to back up his literary aspirations | the yawning gulf between aspiration and reality. • the object of such an ambition; a goal : fabrics and oriental rugs were my aspirations.
2 the action of pronouncing a sound with an exhalation of breath.
3 Medicine the action of drawing fluid by suction from a vessel or cavity.

DERIVATIVES
aspirational |- sh ənl| adjective (in sense 1) .
ORIGIN late Middle English (sense 2) : from Latin aspiratio(n-), from the verb aspirare (see aspire ).

and further, the verb…

aspire |əˈspī(ə)r|
verb [ intrans. ]
direct one’s hopes or ambitions toward achieving something : we never thought that we might aspire to those heights | [with infinitive ] other people will aspire to be like you | [as adj. ] ( aspiring) an aspiring artist. • poetic/literary rise high; tower : above the domes of loftiest mosques, these pinnacles of death aspire.
ORIGIN late Middle English : from French aspirer or Latin aspirare, from ad- ‘to’ + spirare ‘breathe.’

Thesaurus
aspire
verb
Jen aspires to a career in veterinary medicine desire, hope for, dream of, long for, yearn for, set one’s heart on, wish for, want, be desirous of; aim for, seek, pursue, set one’s sights on.