Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
IMAGERY THAT LIES
between the abstract and the concrete offers the viewer multiple levels of
intrigue. Which is the real image in this poster detail; which is the abstraction? One kind of im-
age, an icon or abstraction of sound waves as seen digitally, is used to create the lights and darks
of a larger image: a face.
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Selecting and Manipulating Content
A picture, as the saying goes, is worth a thousand words. Which words those are,
however, is influenced by the designer and the photographer. The choice of the pictorial
elements contained or not within a photograph, regardless of subject matter, has tre-
mendous implications for meaning. Product catalogs—clothing catalogs, for ex-
ample—often use imagery as a primary means of conveying concepts about lifestyle by
showing people wearing the clothes in particular locations or situations. These images
serve two purposes: they demonstrate the look of the clothes on real people, and they
