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Best Answer: The subject is the main object in the picture, the subject matter is the topic or context of the picture. If it is a landscape, it is the landscape itself. If it is a portrait, it is the person in the portrait. If it is a group of people playing a sport, it is the game. The subject matter is what you choose to focus on for the picture.
Photography is also generally viewed as being representational as contrasted with the impressionistic possibilities inherent in painting. This is indeed true if you compare merely pointing a camera on autofocus and auto-exposure at something and shooting versus pointing a loaded paintbrush at a canvas and shooting.