PHOTOGRAPHS ARE THE NEW CURRENCY. THE WORD - A SINGLE WORD - TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT MEANS LITTLE MORE THAN THE TOKEN OF SOMETHING. A SINGLE WORD CANNOT STAND ON ITS OWN, BUT A PHOTOGRAPH CAN.  ESPECIALLY IF THE PICTURE IS ICONIC, IT CANNOT ONLY STAND ON ITS OWN, BUT CAN TRANSPORT THE VIEWER FAR BEYOND LITERAL SURFACE INTO THE FERAL REALM OF SIGNS AND ABSTRACTIONS. VISUAL LITERACY ECLIPSED PRINT STRESS EVEN BEFORE POST MODERN HAD LOST ITS TOEHOLD. FOR EVERY PICTURE OF MINE YOU LOOK AT, I EARN ONE CENT. FOR EVERY WORD I HAVE WRITTEN THAT YOU READ, I EARN NOTHING. EVEN IF FORENSIC, THE SINGLE PHOTOGRAPH IS WORTH ITS OWN SILVER SALT. THE SINGLE WORD IS MERELY A DOT OF WORTHLESS INK.  

PHOTOGRAPHS ARE THE NEW CURRENCY. I STRING WORDS TOGETHER IN CAPTIONS UNDER PHOTOGRAPHS TO TEAR DOWN THE ICON LODGED WITHIN THE IMAGE AND TO DEFROCK, DENOUNCE, EVEN RIDICULE THE ACCURACY OF THE PICTURE. WORDS DECORTICATE THE IMAGE AND REDUCE IT TO MEANING. AN ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH ALREADY TURGID WITH NUANCE NOW BURSTS UPON THE SENSES AS WORDS COPULATE BENEATH ITS ICY SURFACE. WORTHLESS WORDS THAT YOU ARE NOW READING ADD MORE VALUE TO THE MIRROR IMAGE. PHOTOGRAPHS ARE THE NEW CURRENCY, AND I HAVE BEGUN TO ACCUMULATE ENORMOUS WEALTH.