I believe the two are linked. Content is the image's reality, similar to the Greek idea of archetype. Style is the way we interpret a given reality. For example, ask 10 different photographers to photo the same table and there will be 10 different images. The table remains the same but the interpretations differ by huge degrees.
Extending this premise, if the content is altered, so will the style be altered and vice versa. Our photos are slices of reality. We can never show the whole, only what we see and interpret. In the end, all we can hope is people take away an emotion, a lesson, a sense of awe or transcendence. The journey from what our eyes see to what the camera records, be it pinhole or SLR, is personal. Our personal content, our ersonal style, our choice.
