The photograph is a moment in space and time. It is the photographer’s concept, not necessarily the viewers. How do you classify Kirlian photographs, photo grams or abstract works such as Vortographs, etc.? There are too many types of photos to be bound by your narrow interpretation of what constitutes the working precepts of a photograph. If you are only including documentary photography into this tiny definition, then yes, it can show a moment in space and time. Therefore if somebody takes a picture of a ball of yarn and its deterioration over a year it is likely tell a reliable story.

As a photographer you are constantly manipulating the viewer. There are lighting techniques to make the object appear larger or smaller angles

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