To me, Susan Sontag is saying that, though pictures are believed to be the most accurate way of seeing reality after reality passed, the truth of the matter is that even those moments can be tampered with or interpreted differently. Models do not just appear in front of the camera with a perfect body and expertly done make-up. They required hours of professional make-up artists fixing up their faces and even more hours of editing the photo to make it look just right. They trick the audience into thinking that the models obtained that vision of perfection with the image, but even the image was just the product of the vision the photographer was going for. Even if there was no tampering with the picture it can still be tampered with while being looked at. When we see a picture of a girl running with a goose running in the background, we assume it is chasing the girl and she is scared. However, some people might see the girl running towards the one with the camera and not even noticing the goose. Maybe that the goose and the girl are playing some sort of secret game. Whatever the truth is, the audience has no definitive way of knowing for sure without asking the photographer directly. So, pictures may be our best way to accurately capture a moment, but, as Susan Sontag stated, even the most cautious photographers cannot stop a few uncontrollable pieces of bias or fiction from entering the photo.
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