Ah! Now I see what you mean. There should be some clever expression about the value of a picture. . .
The good news is that it looks like we can save some kittens!
Here's a screenshot of what I have going on--hopefully this'll be close enough to what you need to be able to modify from here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11597705@N00/4502857656/sizes/o/
Here's the code that I put into /items/show.php in the theme:
<div id="itemfiles" class="element">
<h3>Files</h3>
<div class="element-text">
<?php while(loop_files_for_item()): ?>
<div class="file-display">
<!-- Display the file itself-->
<?php echo display_file(get_current_file()); ?>
<!-- Display the file's metadata -->
<div class="file-metadata">
<h3><?php echo item_file('Dublin Core', 'Title'); ?></h3>
<p><?php echo item_file('Dublin Core', 'Description'); ?></p>
</div>
</div>
<div style="clear:both"></div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>
</div>
The while bit loops through the files, and display_file(get_current_file())
shows the images themselves as a link -- hopefully that's the link you have in mind.
Then, for the metadata, item_file can pluck out what we need.
I also had to hack in some styling. Not sure if I did it right -- styling is definitely not my strong point -- but here's what I did:
<style type="text/css">
div.item-file {
float: left;
}
div.file-metadata {
position: relative;
left: 20px;
}
div.file-metadata h3 {
margin: 5px;
}
</style>
Hope this helps!