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It's important also to note that there can be no such thing as a single “meaning” for any expressive photograph. Each image can have a number of meanings, depending upon who is looking at it. Although it is possible to sometimes agree on the general meaning of some pictures because of commonly shared context or thought patterns, it is important to keep in mind that truly expressive images usually trigger thoughts that stimulate the mind, emotion, and imagination of the viewer.

Each person really determines their own version of what a picture says or does not say. In the end, all meaning is really what we call “subjective.” Expressive photography is an art form, and all art exists truly in the eye of the beholder.

This is simply how I choose to understand and use the language of photographic expression, a language that, above all, must be a human, rather a technical, language.