The photograph is an incomplete utterance, a message that depends on some external matrix of conditions and presuppositions for its readibility
I feel this quote is saying that you cannot predict what message your images will say to each individual person and you have to accept that people will have their own perceptions of your photography. He states it is 'external' which says to me that you are not in control of the message the viewer takes from the image.
I love the thought of people making their own assumptions and creating their own story and narrative to your images. You can set a theme and an atmosphere to your images and try to guide their narrative but you will never know how an individual will take it.
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