What makes something meaningful? What gives something meaning? Is it really context alone? Does this apply solely to photography? What makes photography different? Context is very much an evocative word in its own right, and to decipher its power upon photography we must first break apart all aspects of it. The context indicates the background, situation, framework, environment and the perspective of a photograph. Each element plays its own part in how we interpret and find meaning in images. For example a photograph of the figure within a science textbook would take on a completely different meaning to a photograph of a figure placed alone in a gallery (environment, background), or perhaps a photograph presented turned upside down would ask new questions (framework). Although context plays a huge part in determining what meaning we find in an image, I feel that an image will have meaning regardless of its placement, therefore the photograph has more overall possession of meaning......
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