The big picture

We are bombarded with images every waking minute of the day, and yet many of those who try to make a living bringing us such images are having a tough time

Two and a half millennia after Confucius said that "One seeing is worth a hundred hearings" some bright spark in the English-speaking took a page out of the great sage's book and came up with "A picture is worth a thousand words".

In the West that gave birth to an industry last century that employs millions of people who provide illustrations for books, catalogues, advertising and other media.