a warrant

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I don't quite understand the sentence in bold. Could anyone help me?

By appearing literally to reproduce the event as it really happened, news photos suppress their selective/interpretive/ideological function. They seek a warrant in that ever pre-given, neutral structure, which is beyond quesiton, beyond interpretation: the real world.

Thanks a lot.

 

[RonBee]

Interpretation/explanation

Hi,

I don't quite understand the sentence in bold. Could anyone help me?

By appearing literally to reproduce the event as it really happened, news photos suppress their selective/interpretive/ideological function. They seek a warrant in that ever pre-given, neutral structure, which is beyond quesiton, [sic] beyond interpretation: the real world.

Thanks a lot.

Well, news photos can't suppress anything. As for the highlighted sentence, it is hard to tell what "They" refers to. The sentence, frankly, doesn't really seem to say anything.

 

[Tdol]

I really can't get my head around this sentence. ;-(