<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # An image can establish intimacy, authority,... > An image can establish intimacy, authority, urgency, distance, care, or confusion before the first sentence is read. The ethical task is to align the opening signal with what the underlying work can support. **Source:** [[livestreams/Visual Storytelling and the Signals of Credibility - Workbook|Visual Storytelling and the Signals of Credibility]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “An image can establish intimacy, authority, urgency, distance, care, or confusion before the first sentence is read. The ethical task is to align the opening signal with what the underlying work can support.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-image-establish-intimacy-underlying-work-support ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->