After reading this piece of writing by Maria Short, it has given me some useful knowledge that I will be able to take with me when it comes to creating my own set of images. Short’s writing focuses on the use of signs and symbols that come with photography and the different meanings that may come with them.

Short mentions a variety of theorists and their findings. One theory I picked out was De Saussure. He defines a sign comprising of ‘signifier’ and ‘signified’. Signifier meaning the form which the sign takes and signified meaning the concept it presents.

Another theory presented by Short in this text is by Pierce who used a triadic model. These three points being ‘The representamen’, ‘An interpretant’,  and ‘an object’.