The Social Photo: On Photography and Social Media is a short critical book by Nathan Jurgenson that argues photography is not separate from “real life,” but embedded in social media and everyday communication, meaning a photo’s significance is shaped as much by circulation, reception, and interaction as by what the image depicts. It reframes images as relational events—produced, shared, interpreted, and responded to within networks—so the “meaning” of a photograph becomes inseparable from its social context and platform logic. This is relevant to my practice because it strengthens how I read images as situated systems (not isolated artefacts), helping me think through distribution, audience response, and the designed conditions that shape interpretation when I construct visual narratives and document work.