'The camera never Lies'

Do photographs reflect reality?
Since the invention of photography in 1839 people have used photographs to record and represent cultures. the photographs reflect the photographers own way of seeing the world which in turn is being reinterpreted by me which surely depends on my attitude and knowledge?

When I was clearing out a dusty ancient stock cupboard in an old school I found an old book, it was beckoning me from the darkness. I reached up to the shelf and grabbed it down. The bind was old and delicate. The colour is a red blood red. I read the cover and wiped the sleeve with my arm and read "The World in Pictures' I opened it up and felt a warmth all over me. I had stumbled onto a world I never knew. A world that was long forgotten. I felt excited for the book and the people trapped inside it. A sudden sense of motherhood and ownership. I could finally hold a world in my hands. A world without technology, change and where all the people connected to it are most likely dead.