How it works
By using Four Corners you are able to add contextualizing information so that it is embedded into each of the four corners of your image. When a viewer hovers his or her mouse over the image, the Four Corners symbols appear and each corner is then clickable.
You can create your own Four Corners image with our online form. This provides fields you can fill in with various types of text and media. Once you fill in the provided fields, it automatically generates an embeddable code that you can copy and paste into your site.
Declare your authorship
In the bottom right corner, you can display your own caption, credit, license, bio, and code of ethics. You can also allow the reader to contact you or your agent for potential sales or reproductions of the image. For the first time in history, a reader will be able to immediately know a photographer’s code of ethics—to what extent do they respect the conventions of journalism, manipulate the image with software, set up photographs, work as an artist, etc.
Tell the backstory of the image
In the bottom left corner, you can explain what was going on when you made the image, include interviews with the subjects of the photograph or with witnesses to the event that is depicted, or the perspectives of anyone else with information that helps the reader to better understand the circumstances when the photograph was made.
Add related imagery
In the top left corner, you can provide context to your image by connecting it with other images. For example, you can add photographs made before or after the event depicted, a video of the scene, a comparative image such as one made in the same place at another time, or a photograph of the same person in another circumstance.
Share links
In the top right corner, you can include links to websites with a related article or video, historical explanation, or any other information that helps to deepen the reader’s understanding of the image.