Writing: Within-sentence punctuation — Harder example 2

the photograph shows author Helen Keller teaching actor Charlie Chaplin the manual alphabet so when I read it I paused a long time when I saw the semicolon here because it's there but it felt strange the photograph and then I put a semicolon the semicolon would separate two independent clauses the photograph for sure is not an independent clause it can't stand on its own as a sentence and shows author Helen Keller teaching actor Charlie Chaplin the manual alphabet that also is not an independent clause so I definitely want to change this thing and one thing to think about and this is just a good principle in general in life is well do you need this thing so or do you need any punctuation there and if you just read it without punctuation how does it how does it read the photograph shows author Helen Keller teaching actor Charlie Chaplin the manual alphabet sounds great no reason to put any kind of pause there or anything over there the photograph shows so I like just know I like no punctuation there at all now what are these other choices the photograph : well I would use a : if I'm about to list some a bunch of things you know I I there's three years ins why I liked this movie : it was entertaining there was a lot of action there was a lot and there was a lot of romance or if you were providing some type of a definition but that's not what's going on over here and you would typically have a independent clause before your colon and the photograph is not an independent clause it's not a full it's not it can't stand it on its own as a sentence so rule that out and then a - right over here that would be good for a parenthetical so the photograph and then if you were somehow you know making a little bit like hey the photograph which I lost yesterday shows author Keller author Helen Keller teaching actor Charlie Chaplin the manual alphabet then you might want to put a dash before and after that parenthetical clause that little aside that you make to the reader so I'm going to rule that one out as well and you know what wouldn't always go for whatever is is most most simple as long as it actually makes sense