Maybe it helps if you not try to see what the picture shows you directly but more what the picture depicts in general. The most important question is: What is it what I am seeing? Then: What are the associations the pictures create? Where would I see something like this? From which era does the image come from? And so on...
If you see a room: Why did DJ show you a room? If you see something else: Why did DJ show you that? There has to be something significant in the picture.
