reality's illusion

Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world." ~Arnold Newman

How true is this comment? I think that it is indeed truthful. To me anyway. I often find myself photographing something and then wondering what it would be like if this...or if that...For example, just today as I was taking pictures for class, I thought, "What if this was a enchanted space..." Yeah I know, but I can't help my imagination sometimes...it has a mind of its own. I look at things that I have taken and think that I would love to step into the picture and explore this moment in time more thoroughly, I would love to take a closer look and see what develops past the image. Photos are indeed an illusion of how we want the world to be sometimes.