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As may microexpressions and other things of which we're not often consciously aware. This doesn't go to the level of a single photograph, but the (badly-named) truth wizards can "observe a videotape for a few seconds and amazingly they can describe eight details about the person on the tape."
We communicate more than we think.
Link (1:44) for those interested in trying the video experiment on themselves in the present context.
For a much more extended sample, see here.