This is why we must have photographs on our identity papers, and in our newspapers. Photography's magical power to freeze movement and capture time causes it to be regarded as a kind of "proof" or "record," in a way paintings and writing are not.
因此身分證上要照片，新聞報紙要照片，尤其是攝影那種凝結速度、保存時間的神奇，更使它超越圖畫和文字，被當成一種「證據」或一份「記憶」。