To be fair, all photography is an approximation of reality. Whether that approximation is improved by color data added at time of capture or a century later, or

To be fair, all photography is an approximation of reality. Whether that approximation is improved by color data added at time of capture or a century later, or if the image is cleaned up by AI instead of a human, doesn't change that fact. Most images taken with a smartphone today don't capture reality reliably either, and you're allowed to alter them to look whichever way is most pleasing. Even our eyes perceive reality slightly differently, and photography is not much different. If anything, looking at 2D reproductions of reality adds another layer of subjective perception.