I totally agree with 2. I'm less sure on 1. Imagine it's perfect - it would be an accurate representation of what was really there. The real photo is a snapshot

I totally agree with 2. I'm less sure on 1. Imagine it's perfect - it would be an accurate representation of what was really there. The real photo is a snapshot of a very specific time that doesn't represent the broader context of what happened. A different angle, if a friend had painted the encounter instead, it wouldn't be exact but it would be a snapshot of a memory. I'm not hugely arguing in favour of it but I think there's different scales here, from cameras doing "merge pictures half a second apart so people have their eyes open" to "totally change their face".