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The last paragraph is not necessarily true. Darkroom techniques (or digital equivalents) can mean more attention is paid to certain parts of the image by the artist.
I'm not convinced that this paragraph is invariably true. Lighting can be altered by the photographer; and even the shapes can be distorted (either with in camera movements, in a darkroom or in Photoshop.
The time of recording a photograph may be brief, but not necessarily the "thinking time" that preceded the shutter release.
It is probably true that *sometimes* a photograph just represents an instant in time, but that's clearly not always the case (probably quite seldom if there's any PP involved). I think Pookeyhead debunked the concept of a photographer just grabbing what passed in front of the lens.