Howard S. Becker Quote

Every part of the photographic image carries some information that contributes to its total statement; the viewer's responsibility is to see, in the most literal way, everything that is there and respond to it


Becker (1986) "Do Photographs Tell the Truth? and Aesthetics and Truth" as cited in: Ingolf Erler (2010) Das Buch als soziales Symbol. p. 147.


Every part of the photographic image carries some information that contributes to its total statement; the viewer's responsibility is to see, in the...

Every part of the photographic image carries some information that contributes to its total statement; the viewer's responsibility is to see, in the...

Every part of the photographic image carries some information that contributes to its total statement; the viewer's responsibility is to see, in the...

Every part of the photographic image carries some information that contributes to its total statement; the viewer's responsibility is to see, in the...