An image is anything visual that has been deliberately created, where
the creation deals with composition, framing, or the deliberate lack of
composition, etc. A painting is an image because it has been
deliberately created or put together. A photo is an image because it has
been deliberately composed or just framed (even a snapshot counts,
because the photographer was still deliberately creating an image out of
real life). Even a picture that exists only in your mind is still an
image, because you have deliberately composed it.
It is a representation of something - it refers to something other than
itself. A photo (image) refers to something that exists in the 'real
world' (non-image). A painting is representative - either of something
in real life, or of something in the artist's/viewer's mind. Even an
image in your mind refers to something else - what it's 'real'
counterpart is, or a description you heard, or whatever inspired the
image.
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