Thursday, April 11, 2013

Practices of Looking: Image / Power / Politics


The reading states that an image is given or acquires a meaning after it is viewed. Does that mean every piece of artwork is meaningless before it is seen?

Does the use of a digital process like photoshop on an image always imply a false representation of the original image?

How is it that a single image can portray different or even similar meanings to different people?
 

1 comment:

  1. Q2) No, specific edits could add meaning to piece. Maybe it is important to remember there is intention behind an image, and in some cases that intention needs assistance by a program to be expressed in the best possible way.

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