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You got it, Otto. They are correctly referred to as "images" because "photograph" is a specific term referring to an image captured and reproduced through the "photographic process" involving an optical lens and a light-sensitive chemical process. "Images" are a more generic form of graphical representation encompassing a variety of forms and formats.

While the camera doesn't lie, Photoshop sure does! Once an image is transferred from the film to an electronic format, it ceases to be a "photograph" and has become merely a manipulated image who's veracity is suspect.

John
Old School Newspaper Editor/Journalism Instructor