Cause of Death

Cause of Death - John Hilliard (1974)

This image by John Hilliard (click to see the larger view) is an excellent portrayal of the importance of framing a subject. Each of the four images shows a body, wrapped in a white shroud. In each frame is something suggesting the Cause of Death, and by adjusting crop of each frame, Hilliard changes the meaning in each. It is a very clever example of showing how the camera can "lie", and questions how subjective photography can really be. After all, the photographer has the final say in what goes into a finished image - and what gets left out.