POLY(CON)TEXTUALITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE
POLY(CON)TEXTUALITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE

Summary/Abstract: Some philosophical aspects of photography are indicated, chiefly the relation between the real object and its photographic image, between reality and fiction within it, as well as between the “truth” and “untruth” of the photograph. The author’s contemplations on the indicated (and other) questions focus on the so-called family photograph, some factors that have impact on the formation and the interpretation of the photographic constellations. Contemplations are based on the idea that there is no “innocent” eye of the photographer/camera, every photographic image is (by the formation but also by every perception–interpretation) situated in a particular social, historical and cultural context and is co-determined by this polycontextual situatedness. In spite of the relative cognitive credibility, the author regards photography as an important means of representation of people and/or things and events.

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