Book contents
- Seeing Matters
- The Progressive Psychology Book Series
- Seeing Matters
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part IThe Image and What We Do with It
- Part IIThe Social Life of Images
- Chapter 4The Birth of the Image
- Chapter 5The Body of the Image
- Chapter 6The Environment of the Image
- Chapter 7The Viewing of the Image
- Chapter 8The Development of the Image
- Chapter 9The Death and Afterlife of the Image
- Chapter 10Concluding Thoughts
- Appendix
- References
- Index
Chapter 6 - The Environment of the Image
from Part II - The Social Life of Images
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2026
Book contents
- Seeing Matters
- The Progressive Psychology Book Series
- Seeing Matters
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part IThe Image and What We Do with It
- Part IIThe Social Life of Images
- Chapter 4The Birth of the Image
- Chapter 5The Body of the Image
- Chapter 6The Environment of the Image
- Chapter 7The Viewing of the Image
- Chapter 8The Development of the Image
- Chapter 9The Death and Afterlife of the Image
- Chapter 10Concluding Thoughts
- Appendix
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 6 tackles the environment in which the social life of the image takes place. The image interpretation is situated within the immediate material environment where the image appears, which includes the medium, genre, and placement of the image. Then the interpretation takes into account the broader time and space surrounding the image, which includes the extended historical, social, cultural, and political context that the image exists within. The method of photo documentation is presented and applied on the case example of graffiti images.
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- Seeing MattersA Psychology of the Image and Its Politics, pp. 123 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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