DIVING INTO IMAGES ~ SETTING AN OBJECTIVE Where all do we encounter images and how do we make sense of them? Images have made a journey from the age-old Lascaux’s paintings to the contemporary media images. But there arises a question to reflect upon: what are images and what are the contemporary changes? These questions often hover my mind and I am compelled to ask: What is my role as a visual communicator? How do I express? In my view, the most challenging task for a visual communicator is being able to communicate visually. Good images have the power to stay silent, yet convey so much. "The design is an expression of the purpose. It may (if it is good enough) later be judged as art"- Charles Eames. My objective thus becomes, to bring in images of art and make a study of images relevant to our current times. There is a need to realise the thought of what the purpose of an image is. THE FUTURE OF THE IMAGE The title is borrowed from the book, The Future Of The Image by Jaques Ranciere. The study of visual imagery in our times needs to take into account the diverse nature of images encountered today. We come across imagery in various forms like mobile imagery, Internet content (YouTube, TED, etc.), television, film, animation, advertisements (print, television, internet); illustration, painting, printmaking and sculpture. In these times where media throws a tsunami of images, there arises a question as to what relationship do we have with a still image? For example, people watch television till late in the night where images change at the rate of 24fps. What is the future of a still image in this tsunami of images?