Freedom of will may be a fabricated state of mind- illusion- but one that
allows us to act opposed to being acted on. It is here as image makes and
consumers that our education begins anew. As photographers we can abandon
our old ways of thinking about the authority of the image - it's cloak of
truth and uniqueness. Maintaining this investiture in it makes photography
a precious commodity disavowing the inherent properties of duplication, reproduction
and interaction that should be allowing to run more freely. In understanding
the artificial restraints we impose on photography and other visual images
we educate ourselves against what McLuhan called "Media Fallout" by challenging
the structure thereby allowing for change.
