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thumb|A photograph thumb|A modern-day photograph of an Icelandic landscape, captured on a personal camera A photograph (also known as a photo, or more generically referred to as an image or picture) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor. The process and practice of creating such images is called photography.
A photograph is an image created when light hits a light-sensitive surface, such as photographic film or an electronic sensor, and the practice of making these images is called photography. Photographs allow people to capture and preserve visual moments, which is why they have become a fundamental way we document and share our experiences.
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Research
57,954 papers- Dynamic Video-Photograph Studio: A New Rhinoplasty Documentation.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2020Safaryan D, Santareno S, Taş SDOI: 10.1007/s00266-020-01673-7
- The Effect of Lighting and Photograph Exposure on Perceived Attractiveness.Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2022Roelofs KA, Esfandiari M, Diniz SB et al.DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002110
- Photograph registration of petri dishes in high quality and image editing of microbiological assays.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2022Rodrigues C, David GQ, Dos Reis ARDOI: 10.1007/s10123-022-00242-z
- Photograph as Skin, Skin as Wax: Indexicality and the Visualisation of Syphilis in Fin-de-Siècle France The William Bynum Prize Essay.Medical history · 2020Pierce KDOI: 10.1017/mdh.2019.79
- Effects of photographer physical attractiveness on photograph aesthetic value assessment.Perception · 2022Zhu C, Liu Z, Pei M et al.DOI: 10.1177/03010066221098158
- Revisiting Snodgrass and Vanderwart in photograph form: The Keele Photo Stimulus Set (KPSS).Behavior research methods · 2024Adams J, Sherman SM, Williams HLDOI: 10.3758/s13428-024-02351-1
- What's in a Photograph? The Perspectives of Composition Experts on Factors Impacting Visual Scene Display Complexity for Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Strategies for Improving Visual Communication.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2021Pitt KM, McCarthy JWDOI: 10.1044/2021_AJSLP-20-00350
- Dental photograph standardization for case documentation.Compendium (Newtown, Pa.) · 1991Antonelli JR
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- document
- Image
- Boulevard du Temple by Daguerre.jpg
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- fabrication method
- photography
- topic's main category
- Category:Photographs
- equivalent class
- id.cabi.org/cabt/89399
- Commons category
- Photographs
- hashtag
- photo
- name in kana
- フォト
- P8168
- Hermopolis
- different from
- Photograph
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C86035
- record of
- light
- P13411
- scientist
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Types of photographs
- Preservation
- Paper folders
- Polyester enclosures
- Handling and care
- Myths and beliefs
- Legality
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A photograph thumb|A modern-day photograph of an Icelandic landscape, captured on a personal camera A photograph (also known as a photo, or more generically referred to as an image or picture) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor. The process and practice of creating such images is called photography.
Photographs are now created using a smartphone or camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of what the human eye would perceive.
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