Dec 28, 2008 14:12
Here is my supposition about photographs: The photograph is not the moment. The photograph can never be the moment. It might allow those who were there to relive the moment, or another, but it is not the moment. More often it attempts to construct a moment that never was. Regardless of the attempt, a photograph is always it's own new moment including the viewing.
Humans try so hard to capture moments. But they can't. It's impossible. The only result is new moments.