Time & Photographs

I believe that time and photographic images can be compared greatly. In terms of time, since images stay still preserved in time, the photo does nothing to time itself. But in given situations, the expression of time through a photograph is possible, however it takes imagination on the viewer's part. For example, imagine an image of somebody throwing a ball. The picture itself is frozen in time, but the viewer can easily imagine the ball getting to point B. So therefore the expression of time through a photograph lies in the hands of the viewer, not the creator. Personally I trust a photograph more than something such as a painting for a reproduction of reality because a photograph mimics exactly what is really there, but due to human imperfections, a painting of something could be much more warped from reality than a photograph can be. However, nobody can really argue that either medium is one you can trust for the truth, because how can we prove that any of it is real? We can't.