Actual Art vs. Photographs of Art

Viewing an artwork is an interactive process. Viewing a photograph of an artwork is a voyeuristic, passive process. Seeing an image of something is not the same as seeing the thing. Seeing a photograph of a sunset is a different experience from seeing an actual sunset. Seeing a 'live feed' on a screen, even when actually present at an event, is more passive, more lazy, less engaging, less empathetic, than seeing the actual event; because it hinders or prevents the ability of the event to look back.