ABSTRACT
Chapter 4, “Vectorial Pixels,” considers how common perceptions of photographs and drawings are evaluated and legitimated in culture based on an implicit understanding of both forms being reconfigurable. The common understanding of both forms being editable was not always the case prior to the ubiquity of computing in daily life. The point in this chapter is to explore the creative possibilities of images that may be perceived as photographs, drawings, or a combination of both in terms of indexicality and selectivity; meaning whether or not an image appears to be a denotative or evidentiary presentation of a subject over a representation that appears to be a selective or stylized composition. The guidelines in this chapter are designed for the critical awareness of the popular binary at play in manual analog production and digital reproduction that remains part of the cultural understanding of images of all types.
