Abstract
This visual essay reveals the potential of metapictures to induce perceptions of physical material environments influencing or supporting a photograph’s content. The contextually reflective attribute of metapictures is articulated through a case of finding found photographs nearby, then within a flea market in Hong Kong, and then sharing the results. Through describing the process of finding photos on a broken digital camera, a critical reading of the camera’s display by the junk seller underscores a lack of prescribed value for the depictions within the photo. Localizing such value to the dissemination between the Hong Kong neighbourhood, pictured content, and bodily gesture suggests found metapictures’ value as contextually reflective artifacts.
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