[pdonis]

> If the photons were a conscious subject

They can't be. You can't make a conscious subject out of something that has zero mass and moves at the speed of light, and therefore does not have a well-defined concept of "time passing".

> if no time is passing for them, doesn't that mean no space is being traversed either?

It is not the case that no time is passing for a photon. What is the case is that the concept of "time passing for a photon" is not well-defined. That concept not being well-defined means that "space being traversed for a photon" is not well-defined either. That does not mean "no space is being traversed". It means the concept of "space being traversed for a photon" is not well-defined.