Among lens-based artists and educators, the generative potential of annotating photographs, especially in participatory contexts, is commonly understood. Responding to a lack of cohesive labelling and description of these practices in the literature, the authors identify them as elaborated images and categorise how the method operates. Elaborated images unsettle the authoritative perspective of the photographer, since, by layering their reactions directly atop the photograph, participants actively disrupt static notions of meaning. We argue that elaborated images as a visual method can enable researchers to emphasise polyphony, honour refusal, support truth-telling, contribute to the restoration of relationships, and imagine alternative futures. We draw on the participatory art practices of a growing number of social documentary photographers and consider what their approaches could bring to visual research.

在基于镜头的艺术家和教育工作者中，注释照片的生成潜力，尤其是在参与性背景下，是众所周知的。针对文献中这些做法缺乏连贯的标签和描述，作者将它们识别为精心设计的图像并对方法的运作方式进行分类。精心制作的图像扰乱了摄影师的权威视角，因为通过将他们的反应直接叠加在照片之上，参与者积极地破坏了静态的意义概念。我们认为，精致的图像作为一种视觉方法可以使研究人员强调复调、拒绝荣誉、支持说真话、有助于恢复关系以及想象替代的未来。我们借鉴了越来越多的社会纪实摄影师的参与性艺术实践，并考虑他们的方法可以为视觉研究带来什么。