Image only homepage

Hi everyone, SEO newb here...

Just wanted to get opinions on search rankings for a homepage that primarily uses images (as common by photographers, artists, Illustrators...etc.) Leaning more towards the design of minimal webpages, I've juggled between using just a simple image portfolio/carousel on my homepage instead of one with a bunch of words and titles.

My question is, in the SEO world, would an image-only homepage be a stupid idea? I have my keywords in my page titles, about/contact/services pages, image tags, file names...etc. but I'm wondering if that's enough.

Thanks so much for your input!

Darrell.