like when i secretly enjoy seeing filth and furious children, because i like knowing just a little bit more about the photographer than the photographer thought to show when he so carefully aimed his camera and took this picture of a car stereo he'd like to sell on ebay. it doesn't just let me know about his life, where it takes place, and maybe his reason for needing money, it also lets me know that perhaps the visual is not always a universal language. or, i mean, that it's not a universal language because it's not always read the same. if this were a movie, surely the background would inform the sense more than the radio. but if this photographer were watching that movie, would he see the deep, convoluted biopic or would he think, "i guess i shouldn't have sold that radio till after Beckers started getting such good product placement."?
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