If writing is losing importance and visual codes will fill the void we need to look at how these new kinds of images will be produced. In photography the camera in itself, the printed-paper in itself carries an essence of technology of the creating society. The medium, which is attached to the message as a passenger, must be taken into consideration when looking at digital photography.

In 1959 Burroughs used words like "shit", "ass" and "fuck" dozens of times in his most famous book called Naked Lunch. It inspired a headline in the Chicago Daily News titled "Filthy Writing on the Midway."

Film has taken the place of photography as the medium of the masses. But is it so clear? The differences between film and photography can be discussed endlessly but instead my intention is to explore some similarities and connections between the two mediums.