I watched a Jamie Windsor video last night about Roland Barthes concept of the punctum of a photograph - an emotional connection a viewer feels to a photo beyond what the photo signifies. It’s not something a photographer can control, and the viewer might not even know what elicited the feeling. (my paraphrasing might not be completely accurate) I get that all the time with SV’s work even though her photos, at a glance, look stoic.
