Posted on February 13, 2025 
by arslohgo
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“Kashmere” is a construct of ‘Kashmir’ (the name of an ethnically diverse Himalayan region) and ‘cashmere’ (fine wool obtained from the fur of the cashmere goat, one of the most expensive products in the world). The new word combination of the two terms, which have the same pronunciation, ideally accompanies several themes that are interwoven in the image composition: the rugged mountain landscape of the Himalayas as the original habitat of cashmere goats, embedded in balls of cashmere wool and unprocessed cashmere wool, which in German literally produces ‘blankes’ (‘mere’) ‘Geld’ (‘cash’)—interchanging the two syllables of the wool term.
[A] The combination of the background of the picture (wool and mountains) and another visual object (bills) may evoke a (German) term that is ambiguous and thus “calls up an additional theme”.
[B] In addition, a designation or the title may result in a new subject or an invented word through an equally pronounced but differently spelled word combination, as well as through a differently pronounced but equally spelled word.
[C] Sometimes it is the title of the work that reveals the background and thematic association of the image.
[D] And in the one or other case it is just a modified photograph.