Content and Context of a Portrait

Images vary greatly depending on the intent of the photographer.  On Facebook, the "photographer" is often also the subject, or someone close to the subject.  In those instances, images are normally used to portray who the subject is in a simple way.  Often they try and portray themselves in the best light possible.  When it comes to news the photographer is usually someone not attached to the subject or the scene in any way.  They are also trying to convey properly the subject but they aim for a more real representation than what we often see on Facebook.  Photographers for magazines are also often impersonal, but they trying to sell something with their images.  For that reason they may try to hide the real meaning of the subject and lead the viewer to believe something that may not be true.