[brenschluss]

Photography never "speaks for itself"; photography is usually a pretty heavy-handed imposition of meaning through the use of composition, tone, framing, editing.

To call photography subtle is incorrect; it's a violent imposition of meaning onto the subject, by the photographer.

[nikatwork]

I saw three different photos from three different sources of the same scene from the Palestine-Israel conflict. They told wildly different stories.

[acjohnson55]

Interesting point of view. And when it comes to photography of humans, it's pretty difficult to take a photo without having the act of taking a photo affect the subject, both in how they are depicted, how they feel, and the impact of publicity.