Is the positivism of photography up for dispute today with the regular use of photoshop in printed media?
Is it possible to have a film or an image not contain semiotics? If not, why?
At what point does an image become an icon? Is there a specific point of popularity that needs to be reached or is the point more ambiguous?
If an image has an encoded meaning which is specific to that image and is recognized commonly among a group of people (this group does not necessarily have to be large), to the point that it communicates the same meaning to them, I think it can be considered an icon by virtue of being a signifier, rather than on the basis of its popularity.
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