To me an image is more than what it seems. It is a visual representation of something. If a photograph is taken of an 'object' (an object being anything within the frame such as a person, event, a feeling, emotions, etc.), the resulting image is not the original 'object'. The photograph is a physical 'object' that exists separately from the original 'object'. Although the subject matter is an imprint of the original, the photograph can never become part of that original, it becomes almost a print or an impression of it. For example if I were to look at an image of a man, I would know that I was viewing a photograph, not the man himself. The photograph itself as an object becomes a barrier that distances us, by reminding us of our own consciousness and surroundings.
I suppose it all boils down to the conscious knowledge, of the differences between the 'object' and the 'subject'. Nothing can become the original. Even to the extent that if I were to duplicate an already existing image, the duplicate would not be the original. They would look, feel, and depict the same thing, but they would still be two separate objects!
JM
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