Limits of photography

Every art has its limits. It's easy to forget that when an artform is as seductive and predominant in daily life as photography.
Something about it lowers our guard: enticed, we forget how the surface of things can be deceitful.

Imagine the faces of people at a classical music concert. Serious, impassive. Inside each person there's so much going on but none of it is visible on the surface. Much of reality is happening at a level not visible on the surface of things. When we peer into the world through photos every day, we forget this.

Images are silent and cunning if one does not take into account their limitations. Photographers themselves would do well to keep reminding us what they are.