COMMUNICATING THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES
COMMUNICATING THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES
Author(s): Sorin SuciuSubject(s): Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Photography, Communication studies
Published by: Editura Politehnica
Keywords: photographic image; universality; interpretation;perspective;
Summary/Abstract: A number of false ideas circulate at the level of common sense in connection with the photographic image. The most frequent ones are those referring to the so-called photographic language, to the hidden grammar of the photographic image, or to the amount of truth contained in a photograph. The fact that the photography does not have a language in the proper sense of the word, does not have a grammar and does not claim to reveal the truth does not diminish in any way its dignity as a medium of expression. My article aims to demystify the photographic expression in order to clarify its specificity
Journal: Professional Communication and Translation Studies
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 29-33
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English