[HPforGrownups] Re: Wizard Photographs

[Kristin Cusack]

No: HPFGUIDX 42355

--- snazzzybird <carmenharms at yahoo.com> wrote:
  A person who died in real
> life would 
> still "move" in photographs....  <snip>... I'm 
> sorry I can't remember which book it's in -- but
> Percy has a 
> photograph of Penelope Clearwater, and she's ducking
> out of the photo 
> because she has a pimple....  <snip>...
> --Snazzzybird, who doesn't even want to think about
> what this would 
> lmean for photos of dead people... and who is sorry
> to add another 
> level of complication to an already complicated
> question.


Me:
A) I thought, and someone siad it in a recent post as
well, that Penelope is ducking out of the picture
because someone spilled something on the photo and
there was now a spot on her nose. I don't have the
books with me so I could be completely wrong...but
when I read the original post it sounded familar to
me.
and B) Harry has a whole album of his dead parents
which Hagrid gave him and they are waving happily at
him. Obviously their death did not affect their
demeanor in their wedding photos, or any others.

I would just assume that the photo captures your
personality at the moment and the image mildly reacts
to what is going on around it. Most of the photos just
wave and wander in and out of view. (because usually
when people have their photo taken it is with the
intention of just something to look at...a token of
memory...us muggles sometimes wave at the camera as
its taking our photo) In cases sush as the
Harry/Lockhart photo, Harry was not in the mood to
have his picture taken and that is evident in his
image.

A more intersting question is the paintings...the
paintings don;t merely smile and wave. They have
personalities. The Fat Lady gets annoyed when she is
bothered for no reason, she gets scared and
embarrassed (PoA) and she has a friend, Violet (GoF0
who she gets drunk with off chocolate liquers at
X-Mas. Sir Cadogan has a distinct personality as well.
Why does a painting capture a complete interactive
personality where as a photo is emrely a reflection of
the person at the moment it was taken. You can not
talk to the photos as you can paintings. 
Any thoguhts?
~Kristin

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