LW1379 - Windows and Artifacts

When you look at a photograph, there is an underlying and unstated context that thoroughly influences how we see. A photograph can be an artifact, a physical thing that we appreciate as a work of art, as an "art-i-fact." But there is another context that can completely change the way we interpret what meets our eye. Particularly for photographs that are matted, framed and hanging on a wall, the viewing experience can be more like looking through a window. These two pretexts are as different as different can be.