ABSTRACT
Every photograph represents the exclusive perspective of its maker and that maker's viewpoint from one very particular position in three-dimensional space—most often during a fraction of a second. Choices made during development and printing further emphasize or de-emphasize elements in the image. Choices are continuously being made by the photographer, some barely conscious, others in a much more considered and deliberate manner, with the result that the viewer's experience can be subtly, and sometimes substantially, altered. Even the lens-mediated, black and white film photograph, which is largely unaltered relative to other types of photographic images, is, in fact, heavily manipulated. The image under consideration consists of only five elements namely: hair, string, fabric, paper, and tea. Chemical elements, if combined in a certain way, can become potentially unstable until their nucleus and orbiting electrons find balance.
