Is a photograph a space?

hmmmmmm my first instinct is to say no. a photograph is a 2-D object, a piece of paper really. but then i think well if a photograph can evoke some kind of feeling or transport the viewer into a space of thought then maybe the image its self could be considered a space......actually i'm still thinking its not. maybe its just a mechanism to get into a space. is a novel a space, or a painting? the actual tangible object i don't think is, but the feeling one gets from it could be considered a space, a mental space. because i think spaces are more abstract and photographs are abstractions from reality then maybe a photograph is the closest thing to a tangible space. maybe a photograph exists in the realm of language which i believe is a space. language is not tangible or geographic or physical but it's real, it connects people to one another, its abstract, and it transports people. shared lingual spaces exist and different languages arise but those who speak the same language share the same communicative space. because you don't need to be able to speak or hear in order to look at a photograph, photos are spaces on their own that transcend all language.......ahhhh i still don't know if they are spaces and all this is making my head hurt!!