Very often there is too little information in photographs to deduce how they were made and even what they represent. We rely on context and supplemental information to confirm our observations, not simply the documents themselves.
John Paul CaponigroPhotographs are never records of the way things are; they're records of the way things were.
John Paul CaponigroMany times we are tempted to defer to the documents we create, rather than the direct experiences we have.
John Paul Caponigro