translate English to German: The reading and interpretation of the images are informed by the highly complex account of the living conditions, undergoing profound change, of Algeria’s rural population and their fate and chances of survival during the colony’s war of independence in light of the effects of French colonial policy since 1830 (especially since the reform of land ownership rights in 1863, which was designed to destroy communal land ownership and the clan structures on which the traditional societies were based).
Die Komplementarität durch den Text lässt uns das in den Bildern gespeicherte Wissen präziser erkennen, stellt uns bei der Deutung der oft in Schwebe gehaltenen visuellen Information das interpretative Vokabular zur Verfügung. Kurz: Erst die textuelle Ergänzung lässt uns die Bedeutung des Bildes erkennen, deren Festlegung gerade in der Fotografie so sehr kontextabhängig ist.