Photos in Illustrator

Do photographs reproduce well in Illustrator if you are sending the file for conventional printing?

I want to thank you for taking the time to reply to me. Maybe I did not pose the question correctly? Lets try again.
Once you include a photograph onto an Illustrator file, the photo is not a vector image. Therefore, when I have a client that requests a vector file from me and the layout of the file contains a photo... is this still considered a "total vector" file? They (the client) thinks that they can then get this "vector file" with a photo and enlarge as needed without any pixilation of the photo.
I would imagine that this is a mistake.

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