The simple idea behind the constructed image is that you create a photo or a series of photos, where the image in front of the camera was constructed by you as well. The constructed image could mean that you have made drastic changes to the set or small tiny adjustments to the subject and/or set.
Today we as artists/photographers have to understand that photography is subjective, and it’s through the constructed image that we can can transform places into something that appears quite theatrical, artifacts and archetypes into critical symbols to challenge the assumptions about the transparency of the photograph.
Critical theory 1960 Digital Research File 