question:  What does the author mean to communicate by comparing the photographer's task to the sculptor's mission?
context: I’m trying to capture what I think they look like, which is many times a minority of their typical expressions, or their typical stance. Some photographers are almost medical, and are going after a perfect portrait. To me, uploading a picture that is not an easily recognizable picture of that person defeats the point, which I’m working toward, to try to express who they are. On the other hand, professional photographers usually have a subject whom they don’t know personally, so they end up having to try to capture an image that they’ve created based on who they think the person is or how they want that person to appear. What I’m trying to do is free someone’s soul from his or her image. I think good photographers are also able to disarm people through conversation, but still, it’s difficult to have a disarming conversation with somebody you don’t know, or to make them laugh. There’s a paradox: with many people’s Wikipedia articles to which I’ve contributed, when it comes to the picture, many of these people don’t have any free photos of themselves on the web, so while they are “notable” on Wikipedia, their images aren’t free of the copyright of the photographer, or the institution who hired the photographer to take the picture. This means that a lot of people who have a Net presence have a legally encumbered Net presence. The third part of the pun is that, since I’m asking for a model release from the subjects, I’m asking everyone to be much more open and giving about their image than most people typically are. The fact is, it’s much more likely that somebody is going to use these pictures for something positive, rather than for something negative. In a way, giving up your image and allowing anyone to use it: it’s the ultimate gift.
output:  Photographers should strive to capture the essence of a person, vs. how the photographer wishes to portray them
options:  Photographers should strive to capture the essence of a person, vs. how the photographer wishes to portray them  Photographers should follow the path of sculptors in using more unconventional means to capture their subjects  Photographers should present more neutral, ambiguous renderings of a person in order to give the viewer a chance to participate in the art  Photographers should get to know their subjects on an intimate level, so the subjects feel more free to display their authentic selves during a session