What is it called when you talk to an inanimate object?

Personification, which means the giving of physical or human characteristics to ideas, thoughts, or inanimate objects.

During the old kingdom (c 2686-c 2160 bce)

Photography has changed its subject matter quite a lot over the past few years. in the 1800's, it was considered normal for families to have  post mortem photos of their loved ones, and now that would be completely unacceptable. i think that photographers have always pushed boundaries and have been eager to capture everything, it is just society that changes their boundaries.