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Abstract

This paper emphasizes that the analyzing and the intepretation of images, involves an holistic view, including intention, content, message, and the influence on the observer. The paper focuses on daily produced images. The starting point of this paper is ´image´ in the concept of ´the written image´. The theory- and method textcritical perspective. used in this paper is close connected to Paul Feyerabends, Against Method, and to Robert Farrells work Feyerabend and Scientific Values. This papers specific ques-tions are, 1) is analyzing and intepretation of images, subjective ?, 2) needs the subjectivity to be handled to limit arbitrariness and distortion ?, 3) is it appropriate to use a filter of awarerness as an aid to handle the subjectivity ? The answear to the three questions, is short and clear: ”Yes”. The competence to analyze, translate and intepret reliable, daily produced images, is named ´image competence´. The sugges-tions on continued studies are, a) update the position of ´Art History´ within the area of pictures and images, b) to develop a usable filter of awarerness as an aid to handle distortion in translating daily produced images, c) to study why some images are additional effective in combination with text.