kuvaketjun
Kuvaketju is a Finnish term that translates roughly to “image chain.” In visual culture and media studies, it refers to a deliberate sequence of related images that, when presented together, create a narrative or semantic progression. The chain can be linear or modular and may appear in printed form, on digital platforms, or as part of gallery installations. The primary aim is to guide viewer interpretation through sequencing, juxtaposition, pacing, and cumulative meaning, much as captions and order influence understanding in photo essays or sequential art.
The word kuvaketjun is the genitive form used in Finnish to denote “of the image chain.” Its
Applications and forms often observed include photo essays presented as a series of images with a narrative
See also: kuvakollaasi (image collage), sarjakuva (comics/sequential art), kuvablogi (photo blog).