"Context " [Photographic Communication #6] [Photo Index # 3: 6 ] [Community Contribution Set Of Poems]

Each Christmastime we put our crèche
On mantelpiece – one year to next
It did not change, until one time
Wallpaper changed – crèche looked sublime!

And so with photos – context counts –
When prints are shown, effect amounts
To more than picture in some frame;
With shift of setting – all is changed.

So when you’re shooting, think ahead
To place where photo will be read –
In class, in kitchen, pub, or Kirk,
Each context does transforming work.

So photo’s not just in your frame –
The world is one not just in name;
It echoes off surrounding scene,
And pours new light where dark has been

Thanks Lord for this.

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