Photographs are taken, displayed and spread everywhere for the world to see. But the real question that should be on everyone's mind is: what do they really capture? Is it the essence of reality or what you want to believe? From these simple pieces of paper arise the knowledge and opinions of humanity. However, with this in mind, let us educate our children and future generations not to judge a book by its cover. Opinions not only limit us from the outside world, but they give us an “incalculable effect” on our morality. Susan Sontag's assertion that photographic technology opens up a great deal of events that represent a moment in time. Through justifiable statements, he illustrates that people have a distracted mindset of the world when looking at photographs. However, the accessibility to the ideals of the world that can be obtained from a photograph is false. Photographs downplay the truth behind the photo, they alter what the photographer wanted the viewer to reveal. Susan Sontag encapsulates the idea that photographs limit our understanding of the world without essential description...