Paintings vs. photographs

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 19839

Just a short comment on this thread, as I see it's pretty much 
already dead.  I don't recall this being mentioned in the 
conversation, and I can't recall any instances of this in the books 
either, so maybe someone can point out where I'm wrong:  aside from 
the subjects in the paintings moving from one picture to the next and 
visiting each other, they can have 'intelligent' and interacitve 
conversations with humans.  I don't remember any instances of photos 
speaking, but there was that bit in CoS when they enter Lockhart's 
office to examine Mrs Norris.  Lockhart is babbling away while 
Dumbledore examines her and all the while his photos are nodding in 
agreement with all he says.  From this, I suppose that means that 
they can at least follow humans' conversations, but they didn't 
actually speak.  Do the photos (are they photos or paintings?) of the 
former headmasters in Dumbledore's office ever speak?  I'm thinking 
no.  Apparently if photos could speak, J&L would have been chatting 
with Harry when he looks at his album.  Someone wondered if perhaps 
there might be paintings of J&L, and I think this is a wonderful 
idea.  As much as I would love to see this, I don't think it seems 
very likely that JKR will do this.  (I've often thought that maybe 
their ghosts reside in Godric's Hollow.)  From what I recall from 
interviews and so on, she seems very firm in her stance that they 
(J&L) will not be back...

Kelley