On Friday 11 January 2008 04:35, Andrew Whitworth
wrote:
On Jan 10, 2008 7:37 PM, Andrew Gray
<shimgray(a)gmail.com> wrote:
There is an awful lot of material we use and
justify by saying "well,
we couldn't use anything else" - we should be very wary of believing
this to be a justification that we *need* it.
I agree with this sentiment entirely. Just because an image is
irreplacable does not mean it has intrinsic value. For instance, the
cover image of a book or CD or DVD is hardly "important". That is,
unless there is something special and unique about that particular
cover that makes it worthy of pointing out especially.
I find cover image of a book a part of essential information about this
book
that I want to see if I want to know about the book. At least for me, as a
reader, it is important. The same for CD/DVD covers, movie posters and
whatnot.