"The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph, it is no longer a fact but an opinion. There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth."
I agree with Avedon's statement because it becomes the viewers interpretation rather than simply what is seen through the camera's lens when the photo is originally taken. The accuracy of a photo diminishes as soon as the moment in which the photo is taken ends. New emotions are formed immediately after, new thoughts appear, changing the facts as they previously stood. I chose this photo because I think that it ideally portrays temporary emotion. This man has a very distinguished emotion on his face. I read it as pained, tired, wanting for a change. Others could easily read this emotion differently, making it a different emotion in their mind and therefore it is that emotion to them, not just the emotion that the man in attempting to portray in the moment that this photo was taken. Interpretation of a photograph changes the emotion and therefore the facts behind it. This photo accurately portrays the man's emotion, but there is no truth as to what that emotion is.
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