The caption for Image #2 is fully realized.The caption for Image #1 is brief and direct. It is dependent on the larger essay for full meaning. The caption raises questions for me. It presents the image as a starting point, an invitation to an archive. When I look at the image, I see florescent lighting, long, dark narrow aisles and an excess of boxes--closed, sorted, infused with meaning--to be investigated. Perhaps, for an archivist this is an idyllic place, but I sense a toxic environment present in this image. I realize a different, deeper, meaning of toxic is invoked in this essay, still I think it would support the analysis further if the starting place for our understanding of archive is also made more nuanced.
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