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thumb|upright=1.1|Photography of Sierra Nevada

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Commons category
Photography
Commons gallery
Photography
time of discovery or invention
1839-00-00
Stack Exchange site URL
photo.stackexchange.com
hashtag
photooftheday
NCI Thesaurus ID
C94527
Mastodon instance URL
photog.social
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Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Precursor technologies
  • Invention
  • Film
  • Black-and-white
  • Color
  • Digital
  • Techniques
  • Cameras
  • Stereoscopic
  • Dualphotography
  • Full-spectrum, ultraviolet and infrared
  • Light field
  • Other
  • Types
  • Amateur
  • Commercial
  • Art
  • Photojournalism
  • Science and forensics
  • Wildlife photography
  • Social and cultural implications
  • Law
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Introduction
  • History
  • Reference works
  • Other books
  • External links

thumb|upright=1.1|Photography of Sierra Nevada

Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing (e.g., photolithography), and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication. A person who operates a camera to capture or take photographs is called a photographer, while the captured image, also known as a photograph, is the result produced by the camera.

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