“If we trusted nothing that is ‘subjective,’ we could barely function.”

All photographs are subjective, so anyone who has ever taken a photo that they trust understands how things can be both “subjective” and “trustworthy.”

Other examples:

A genuine declaration of affection to a loved one is usually “subjective” but not “untrustworthy.” The same can be said of a coach’s assessment of a player’s skills, a teacher’s assessment of a student’s capabilities, and a doctor’s assessment of a patient’s condition.

“Millions of things are both ‘subjective’ and ‘trustworthy.’”

If “subjective” means “providing one perspective among many possible perspectives,”

then every recollection, every report, and every portrayal of anything is “subjective”—

— from newspaper articles to court depositions to photographs to a spouse’s recounting of their day —

—but that doesn’t mean that these things are never “trustworthy.”

Identifying which photographs are trustworthy is of course TTG’s role.