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A '''photograph''' is an image captured by a [[camera]] onto film. | A '''photograph''' is an image captured by a [[camera]] onto film. | ||
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Photography (French: photographie, German: die Fotografie, Greek: φωτογράφιση, Spanish: fotografía) the process or art of producing images on photosensitive surfaces (taking and printing photographs).
A photograph is an image captured by a camera onto film.
We owe the name "Photography" to Sir John Herschel , who first used the term in 1839, the year the photographic process became public. The word is derived from the Greek words for light and writing. [1]
See also
External links
- photography National Geographic.
- Tips & Projects Center Kodak.
- World's First photograph.
- A History of Photography