Submitted by lcimino on Mon, 02/04/2008 - 13:02.
Metapictures force the viewer to take a moment and further evaluate the meaning concocted by the author or by the meaning of a picture within a picture. Without the inclusion of the artist in the drawing of the New World (p 38), we might forget about the artist. We forget how they set up a picture, write a story based on their life, or portray an image a certain way.
The Pulitzer Prize winning image in 1994 was a picture of a powerless, starving Sudanese girl crouching in the fetal position with a vulture only a few feet a way. This image is not metapicture; we only see what the photographer allows us to see or how he might wait until he gets the most powerful picture.
I am fascinated by how metapictures create a tension between the artist and the viewer and they do not let us forget the presence of the artist and the artist’s ability to manipulate or impact an image, but sometimes, not including the artist creates a greater tension. read more »
