Georgia has a liberal policy concerning the admission of photographic evidence. Fields v. Satte, 311 Ga. App. 528 (2011). Georgia courts recognize that “photographs are inherently more persuasive regarding the existence of the things they depict than testimony regarding those same things." Stinski v. State, 281 Ga. 783 (2007). A party lays a foundation for a photograph by showing that it fairly and accurately represents the object, scene, or person depicted. Jackson v. State, 309 Ga. App. 796 (2011);
Washington v. State, 311 Ga. App. 199 (2011). "Any witness familiar with the subject depicted can authenticate a photograph; the witness need not be the photographer nor have been present when the photograph was taken." Davis v. State, 253 Ga. App. (2002).
The admission of photographic evidence is at the discretion of the judge. Philpot v. State, 311 Ga. App. 486 (2011); Stewart v. State, 286 Ga. 669, 670 (2010). Testimony describing the contents of a photograph does not refer to any statements and thus is not hearsay. Smith v. State, 316 Ga. App. 102 (2012); Hammock v. State, 311 Ga. App. 344 (2011).