Am I suppose to start disliking photography?

I ask this in slight rhetorical fashion. But after reading:

Looking at Art Through Photographs
Photography and Representation
Time Exposure and Snapshot: The Photograph as Paradox
Touching Photographs: Roland Barthes's "Mistaken" Identification
Understanding Photographs

I find myself distraught by the fact that photography or particularly the photograph, according to the critics and intellectuals, is a mistaken and disingenuous representation of fact and more appropriately not the truth. I've been photographing for about 20 years. I'm not naive. I understand and appreciate the delicate nature of the photograph and it's somewhat fragile regard for the truth but why do so many hold photography disdainfully? I'n a lot of ways I agree with what has been written but what's with the negative tones? I believe that I will eventually be able to answer this question myself but as for know the answer eludes me.

I've been thinking about the concept of storage and it's connection with consumption in the American culture. Part of this has to do with the crap that fills my basement. Is there some connection between happiness and junk? Or more importantly "Why do I have some much sh..? Stay tune for more on this. I need to clarify and articulate my thoughts.

I have also posted two new shots from last night. Does black and white suit my subject better? I think only experimentation and trial and error will answer this.