![]() Looking at specific examples one will explore whether the Berger’s claims are justifiable, and if this has an impact on society’s visual perception – Will a picture still be worth a thousand words, or will reproduction decrease the value of the image?įollowing on from Berger’s quote stating ‘the uniqueness of the original’ he also later goes on to say “it’s first meaning is no longer to be found in what it says, but in what it is.” (1972) What one suggests that Berger is speaking on, is that society no longer looks at an image and thinks about the image itself what it says or trying to represent, instead the piece will be valued as to its rarity and whether or not it’s an ‘original’ piece of work. ![]() The child looks and recognizes it before it can speak.” (1972) the thought that the original image is now lost and we only see the original of the reproduced is changing the value of the image. At the beginning of Berger’s book ‘ Ways of Seeing’ he outlines the importance of the image stating “seeing comes before words.
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