Photography
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| '''Photography''' is the process of [[record]]ing [[image|pictures]] by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive [[medium]]. | '''Photography''' is the process of [[record]]ing [[image|pictures]] by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive [[medium]]. | ||
| - | The word comes from the [[Greek words]] φως ''phos'' ("light"), and γραφίς ''graphis'' ("stylus", "paintbrush") or γραφή ''graphê'' ("[[representation]] by means of lines" or "drawing"), together meaning "drawing with light." Traditionally, the product of photography has been called a ''[[photograph]]'', commonly abbreviated ''photo''. | + | The word comes from the [[Greek words]] φως ''phos'' ("[[light]]"), and γραφίς ''graphis'' ("stylus", "paintbrush") or γραφή ''graphê'' ("[[representation]] by means of lines" or "drawing"), together meaning "drawing with light." Traditionally, the product of photography has been called a ''[[photograph]]'', commonly abbreviated ''photo''. |
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Photography is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium.
The word comes from the Greek words φως phos ("light"), and γραφίς graphis ("stylus", "paintbrush") or γραφή graphê ("representation by means of lines" or "drawing"), together meaning "drawing with light." Traditionally, the product of photography has been called a photograph, commonly abbreviated photo.
See
- Photorealism
- Realism
- History of photography
- Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget
- Fashion photography
- Fine art photography
- Surrealist photography
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