But a photograph is a construction and can only be a representation of reality, and as this essay will highlight what is accepted as real depends on cultural contexts, historical contexts, literacy's and ideologies. ... This essay will use Ferdinand de Saussure's semiology (which originated at the end of the nineteenth century) as a tool of analysis to understand the attached photograph from the Sydney Morning Herald. ... However I recognise these things because I know what our politicians look like and a fully green or red room is parliament. ... As Kress and van Leeuwen's...

• Word Count: 1907
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate