Woman in Red

How does a picture tell a story? According to Aristotle (the Greek philosopher, not our dog), a story needs a beginning, a middle, and an end, and the events must relate to each other as being either necessary or probable. 
How does photography fulfill these requirements? How can a picture tell a story? What elements must be present if it wants to tell a story? These are questions I have been thinking about lately, and starting tomorrow I will try to offer some suggestions, hoping that you might help me find some answers (as you've already done so many times with your inputs and feedbacks).

Another story.