1. What is the studium of this photo?
2. What is the punctum of this photo?

The word studium and punctum are really "chim" i must say. haha. Alright, so after looking through some possible definitions, i finally decided on these ones. (they make sense and are easier to understand)

Studium ‘a kind of education (civility, politeness) that allows discovery of the operator’. Basically studium is the element that creates interest in a photographic image. It shows the intention of the photographer but we experience this intention in reverse as spectators; the photographer thinks of the idea (or intention) then present it photographically, the spectator then has to act in the opposite way, they see the photograph then have to interpretate it to see the ideas and intentions behind it.

I think the studium of this photo is the way in which such a simple strip of prints on wallpaper is positioned on a wall being displayed with the tip of the right-hand corner bent in. It could also be the prints which may have aroused interest in the photographer.

Punctum is an object or image that jumps out at the viewer within a photograph- ‘that accident which pricks, bruises me.’ Punctum can exist alongside studium, but disturbs it, creating an ‘element which rises from the scene’ and unitentially fills the whole image. Punctum is the rare detail that attracts you to an image, Barthes says ‘its mere presense changes my reading, that I am looking at a new photograph, marked in my eyes with a higher value.’

To me, the punctum of this photo is its prints?Or even the fold at the top right hand corner. I keep staring at it. Hope i interpreted this word correctly though. Yes, the prints on the wallpaper i think, makes the wallpaper stand out and reminds me of like those cottages(ok maybe not so realistic) or just a typical nice little perfect cosy house with a nice patterned wall paper. The top right hand folded corner could mean imperfection meaning everything is not as perfect or normal as it appears to be. Oh no, i think im thinking too much and digressing!

Alright! hope i got the meanings almost right??