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   Pho·tog·ra·pher

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   • 1. a person who takes photographs, especially as a job: "a freelance press photographer"

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   What does a photographer do?

   • The photographer perceives the essential qualities of the subject and interprets it according to his or her judgment, taste, and involvement. An effective photograph can disseminate information about humanity and nature, record the visible world, and extend human knowledge and understanding.

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   What is the difference between photography and photography?

   • Regarding content, photographs are static images that don’t move naturally as we do, whereas photography is the process of creating art through a camera. In terms of process, photography involves using lenses and other equipment to take pictures with cameras.

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   What is the history of photography?

   • history of photography, method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light-sensitive material. The word, derived from the Greek photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”), was first used in the 1830s. This article treats the historical and aesthetic aspects of still photography.

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   Why is photography important?

   • An effective photograph can disseminate information about humanity and nature, record the visible world, and extend human knowledge and understanding. For all these reasons, photography has aptly been called the most important invention since the printing press. Illustration of the principle of the camera obscura, 1671.

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   May 13, 2024 · History of photography, the treatment of the historical and aesthetic aspects of still photography. Photography is the method of recording an image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light-sensitive material. The word was first used in the 1830s.

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